New tech out of the wearables lab of Northwestern University inventor John Rogers can go beyond the simple buzz of a typical haptic sensor to mimic complex sensations on the skin. Northwestern ...

A new patent is hinting at some truly immersive sound. In January, Sony confirmed that the PSVR 2 would be coming in the near future. During the CES 2022 conference, the company showed off the ...

Mechanoluminescent (ML) materials are attractive for haptic interface sensors for next-generation technologies, including bite-controlled user interface, health care motion monitoring, and piconewton ...

Super-micro, low-power sensors and devices that can send and receive signals and information anytime, anywhere will become an integral part of people's lives in a hyper-connected world driven by the ...

Veteran reporter and editor with over ten years of experience. Probably reading comic books. The "Positional Haptics via Head-Mounted Peripheral" patent was published on Friday, though it was ...

On November 6th, Northwestern University introduced a groundbreaking leap in haptic technology, and it’s worth every bit of attention now, even two weeks later. Full details are in their original ...

The VR revolution has been just a few minutes away for years now. More recently, some of the major tech stalwarts invested in this next-gen technology have started withdrawing from it, at least for ...

Being able to beam yourself into a robotic body has all kinds of applications, from the practical to the fanciful. Existing interfaces that could make this possible tend to be bulky, but a wireless ...

Striving to improve touch sensing in robotics, scientists developed a thumb-shaped sensor with a camera hidden inside and trained a deep neural network to infer its haptic contact information. When ...