by stephanlange on May 23, 2010
Imagine being able to feel the buttons on your mobile when you slide them across the screen or feeling the material as wood, metal or stone.
Toshiba’s working on just such a project, which operates on the basis of a film affixed to your smartphone’s touch panel. Electrical currents are sent through this layer, and your fingers are shot up with the simulated sensation of touching those various surfaces.
And it is not fiction anymore as they have a working prototype and they weren’t shy to show it off.
@maniac13
by stephanlange on April 10, 2010
Even though Apple’s Steve Jobs was very clear about not liking a stylus, it looks like Microsoft Research went back to it to combine it with touch input and give the user new tools that weren’t possible before.
Of course this comes from the research department and might never see the day of life, but it looks awesome and I can see this “addition of the past” bringing some useful things to the end user.
check out the video
@maniac13
by stephanlange on January 8, 2010
The CES is on in Vegas and everyone is just flooding you with new and exciting gadgets.
And one of the things that caught my eye is the Light Touch by Light Blue Optics.
It is a laser projector that turns any flat surface into an auto-focused and image-adjusted 10-inch touchscreen with WVGA resolution thanks to its laser- based pico projection engine dubbed HLP (holographic laser projection) and infrared touch-sensing system.
When I first saw the press release and all its nice staged photos I thought it can’t be that great and responsive, but engadget had a hands-on and it looks pretty cool.
They show off a few apps and the picture one is a lot like surface if you ask me.
Unfortunately there is no price anywhere.
by stephanlange on November 25, 2009
The inventor of the T9 predictive typing system has created a new way of typing on a touchscreen called Swype.
You type with Swype by literally swiping your finger from one letter to the next as fast as you can.
check out the comparison with iPhone
Phones with Swype built in will be launched next year. the first phone to use the technology will be the Samsung Omnia II (a Windows Mobile phone). But Swype will be included in a new Android phone in the first quarter of 2010.
found here
by stephanlange on October 26, 2009
Everywhere you go now you see touch interfaces, phones with touch screens, computers based on touch screens, maps in shopping centres are touchscreens and Windows 7 will support multi-touch.
Something we saw in Minority report would give you aching arms after a while and a tablet would just destroy your neck.
So the guys at 10/GUI came up with their own version of the future of Multi-touch and I think it is rather nice. It will take a while to get used to but so did the mouse when it first got introduced.
check out the video:
Here is the site
by stephanlange on September 10, 2009
This 18 x 4 foot “monster” was installed in the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas and it is awesome.
3 HD projectors are beaming the content onto the glass.
but videos say more then words – I want one:
by stephanlange on August 7, 2009
Reading engadget tonight and came across this pretty cool project from the University of Tokyo.
The project, called Touchable Holography, involves the use of Wiimotes placed above the display to track hand motion, and an airborne ultrasound tactile display created in the university’s lab to create the sensation of touch. The result is a holographic image that produces tactile feedback without any actual touching, and without degrading the image itself.
But don’t take my word for it – check it out here
this is sooo cool
by stephanlange on July 6, 2009
a new research project called the H.VR Editor allows you to "touch" and interact with CGI objects. Objects respond according to a pre-programmed graph of hardness values, and the system is capable of simulating texture and events like button presses.
No more building mockups – just put the right values in the program and off you go.
Imagine trying out the feel of a keyboard on your new phone without the phone ever being build or the feel of your new carpet at home without the carpet being manufactured first.
sounds pretty interesting to me – wouldn’t mind having a go at it.
by eunmac on May 22, 2009
If you’re into the next generation of devices, technology, multi-touch – check out the new Razorfish blog ‘Emerging Experiences’ – http://emergingexperiences.com – there’s some really fascinating content to explore. As we move from the GUI (Graphic User Interface) to the NUI (Natural User Interface) this is great first look into what’s coming.
by stephanlange on April 30, 2009
Senseg.com is a haptic interface company based in Helsinki which is developing a new “type” of touch screen that let’s you feel different surfaces.
Instead of using vibrating motors, the devices are completely motionless. Instead, the Senseg system stimulates your fingers or hand with an electrical field to simulate the feeling of friction or texture.
Check out the video:
found here.
Because it uses no motors you can’t hear it and it doesn’t run down the battery. A small module – about as big as two sugar cubes – controls the sensation by connecting to a thin film that can be placed on any device. The film can even go around curves.
I say it’s pretty cool and I want one 
