Tag: HAPTICS

A team of Japanese researchers have created a machine that could restore muscle memory in people who are partially paralyzed, possibly heping them to walk again. According to IEEE Spectrum, the group from the University of Tsukuba will present the details of their research at the 2010 Haptics Symposium this week in Massachusetts. Dubbed the GaitMaster 5, the physical therapy machine is similar ...

Philips has definitely done more for sensory immersion than most with its amBX line of... things, but a general shortage of people willing to mount fans or rumbling wrist rests on their keyboards hasn't kept the company from developing what it thinks is next: a vibrating jacket. The unnamed and triangle-patterned coat features 64 little rumblers distributed throughout, all powered by a pair of AA ...