Emerging Technologies: HAPTICS
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October 26, 2011
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The Future of SEX
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Haptic News | Holographic Sex | Haptic Sex | Haptic Domains | Holographic Domains
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You can reinvigorate your sex life without fear of contracting an STD or getting pregnant, you just need to embrace technology.
On the market right now there are app's you can download to your smart phone to pleasure yourself. In the future it gets even more interesting, can you imagine making love to your holographic lover. The world's oldest profession will use haptics (electronic touch) and holographics for visual imagery rather than being in the same room as their client.
Listen to our futurist, Marcus Barber talk about the future of sex.
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October 22, 2011 |
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How the bathroom of the future may look |
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The bathroom of the future could come equipped with shower curtains that you can read the news off and floors that can change their texture to mimic walking on sand or even snow, according to a new report.
For those looking for a more relaxing environment, the rest room of the future could also use new haptic technology to change the way the floor feels under foot.
Bathers stepping out of their bath could programme their floor to replicate the feeling of soft sand, warm Mediterranean stone or even snow if they desired.
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October 19, 2011
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Cadillac's CUE Brings Haptics Under The Spotlight
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General Motor's (GM) luxury brand, Cadillac, recently participated at the CTIA Enterprise and Applications conference where it introduced its new Cadillac CUE navigation, information and multimedia car system.
According to GM engineers CUE, which stands for Cadillac User Experience, will represent a game changer in the automotive industry, as this new in-vehicle hub is meant to simplify drivers' usability while allowing a single control source for all information and entertainment tools used in (or connected to) a car.
Industry-first is probably the most used expression in Cadillac' s press release about the new interface.
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October 18, 2011
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Haptic Shoe For The Blind
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Imagine walking down to the nearest grocery shop or a bus stop with your eyes blindfolded and you’ll probably get an idea how tricky outdoor navigation for the visually impaired can be.
Arduino Lilypad is the main circuit board, which is kept at the back mid-sole region of the shoe. The mini-vibrational actuators are placed on all sides for the directional haptic feedback so that an approaching turn triggers the vibration. See the slideshow for a full-coverage of how shoe-Le Chal works. Credit: Sujith Sujan
Sensitive towards the needs of the visually impaired people, Anirudh Sharma, 24, a young researcher at Hewlett-Packard Labs in Bangalore, worked over several nights to design a shoe for the blind. Unlike other existing aids that are available in the market for people with limited or no vision, this haptic shoe is simple and unobtrusive in design, uses low-cost readily available components, and provides tactile feedback to assist the visually impaired in their day-to-day outdoor navigation tasks.
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October 18, 2011
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Portable Haptic Device For Pinching a Virtual Object in 3D Display
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We are aiming at developing a portable haptic device, as a part of research on ultra-realistic communications system.
This paper describes the development of the portable haptic device. The study on perception of delay for haptic communication is also addressed.
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