Anenome
12-07-2010, 01:48 AM
http://i.imgur.com/oJdHz.jpg (http://www.teslatouch.com/technology.html)
Using a magnetic-field producing insulating layer over a touchscreen, TeslaTouch creates tactile sensations that can mimic the feel of rough and smooth surfaces.
TeslaTouch can be added to wide variety of touch platforms, from small handheld devices to large multitouch collaborative surfaces. Our current prototype electronics package is 35x4x40 mm in size, and requires as little as 8 Volts to generate tactile sensations. Power draw is small, allowing immediate integration into battery-powered mobile devices. Importantly, no electric charge passes through the user. Instead an electrostatic force physically attracts the finger (almost like a magnet) to the interactive surface. Additionally, the input signal is uniformly propagated across the touch surface; therefore, the resulting tactile sensation is spatially uniform.Click through for a video (http://www.teslatouch.com/media.html) on how it works.
I bet we see this in smartphones and touch-based computing in no time. Gaming might take longer.
Using a magnetic-field producing insulating layer over a touchscreen, TeslaTouch creates tactile sensations that can mimic the feel of rough and smooth surfaces.
TeslaTouch can be added to wide variety of touch platforms, from small handheld devices to large multitouch collaborative surfaces. Our current prototype electronics package is 35x4x40 mm in size, and requires as little as 8 Volts to generate tactile sensations. Power draw is small, allowing immediate integration into battery-powered mobile devices. Importantly, no electric charge passes through the user. Instead an electrostatic force physically attracts the finger (almost like a magnet) to the interactive surface. Additionally, the input signal is uniformly propagated across the touch surface; therefore, the resulting tactile sensation is spatially uniform.Click through for a video (http://www.teslatouch.com/media.html) on how it works.
I bet we see this in smartphones and touch-based computing in no time. Gaming might take longer.