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From: zoara on 3 Jun 2010 19:40
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
> Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Or maybe Apple just didn't have time to finish off the tactile
> > feedback
>> features... how about a little vibration under your finger when you
>> touch the home keys?
>
> I've just been reading about the advances in haptic feedback.
> Apparently
> using temperature variation and microsecond variable vibration, it is
> possible to simulate the feel of silk, fur, sandpaper and all sorts of
> surfaces and reactions, on something as smooth as an iPad screen. It's
> even possible to make it more slippery using very fast but very tiny
> vibration.

There's also some prototypes that use mild electrical currents to
produce different physical sensations (wood, stone, metal). If you're
interested I'll dig out the article tomorrow when I'm at a computer.

I'd be interested in a pointer to the articles you've been reading.

-z-

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From: Pd on 4 Jun 2010 02:47
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> I'd be interested in a pointer to the articles you've been reading.

New Scientist in my bathroom. I'll check which issue.

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From: Pd on 4 Jun 2010 02:51
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:

> zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > I'd be interested in a pointer to the articles you've been reading.
>
> New Scientist in my bathroom. I'll check which issue.

Putting the touch into touchscreens
26 April 2010 by Duncan Graham-Rowe
Magazine issue 2757

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