multi-touch-dev team mailing list archive

[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:58:27PM -0500, Robbie Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 18:40 +0100, Duncan McGreggor wrote: 
> > A gem from slashdot via Stephen Webb:
> > 
> >    http://bit.ly/dybNrQ
> > 
> > "A new covering developed by Senseg and Toshiba Information Systems 
> > gives touchpads, LCDs, and other curved surfaces (eg. cellphones) 
> > programmable texture using a high-resolution electrotactile array — a 
> > grid of electrodes that excite nerves in the skin with small pulses of 
> > current to trick the body into perceiving texture, pressure, or 
> > pin-pricks depending on the current amplitude and electrode resolution. 
> ...or shock the hell out of you and even stop pacemakers. LOL ;)

...and if you hold it up to your forehead, you'll suddenly want to buy a
new television set.
 
> > The new covering has many potential applications: interactive gaming, 
> > touchscreens with texture, robot interfaces, etc."
> 
> > 
> > Craziness!!
> > 
> > d
> > 
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