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Sensel says your laptop might come with a haptic touchpad.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article in ‘Digital Trends’ highlighted how Sensel is working to create haptic solutions for notebook touchpads. Although notebook makers are interested in having such a feature, it can be expensive …

Tags:Haptics| Microsoft| Notebooks| Touch

Surface Haptic Technology is Being Applied to Flexible AMOLEDs

by Arthur Berman

A recent press release by Tanvas, Inc. (Chicago, IL), a developer of surface haptic technology, announced the results of a collaboration with “one of the world’s leading display suppliers.” The product of the collaboration …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Haptics| Touch

Tanvas Video Shows a Haptic-enabled Flexible AMOLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Haptic technology supplier, Tanvas of the US, posted a series of videos showing its haptic technology demonstrated on a flexible OLED. The 12.1″ display uses Tanvas PET film-based touch and haptic …

Tags:Automotive| Haptics| Touch Market

Fine haptics in an industrial environment

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reported that Distec and Tanvas have announced a display that has ‘fine surface haptics’ based on electroadhesion. According to Distec, previous technologies for haptic feedback on touchscreens, such as electromechanical …

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Ultraleap Launches its Fifth-generation Hand Tracking Platform

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ultraleap (the merged company from Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion) put out a press release that highlighted how the firm’s technology for finger tracking can be used to create a ‘touchless’ touch …

Tags:Haptics| Kiosks| Touch

Lenovo’s New Titanium Yoga Notebook Features Sensel

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sensel, whose touch and haptics sensor we reported on recently (Sensel Unveils Groundbreaking Haptic Touchpad At CES 2021) has said that the device is in its first device, the Lenovo ThinkPad …

Tags:Haptics| Notebooks| Touch

Sensel Unveils Groundbreaking Haptic Touchpad At CES 2021

by Artem Alekseenko

Sensel, the company building the world’s most advanced solutions for touch, force, and haptics, today unveiled its newest Haptic Touchpad. Sensel’s Haptic Touchpad combines three different proprietary technologies to create a uniquely satisfying and …

Tags:CES 2021| Haptics| tablets

Sensel Unveils Groundbreaking Haptic Touchpad At CES 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sensel of Sunnyvale, California, said at the virtual CES that it has a new haptic touchpad that integrates capacitive touch, force field technology and its own direct drive haptics. The touchpad …

Tags:Haptics| Notebooks| Touch

The State of the Art in Touchless Options for Kiosks & Vending

by Bob Raikes

Starting a number of years ago, but accelerating after a report about the dirt and bacteria (and worse!) on touchscreens in McDonalds fast food outlets (Synchronicity In the Dirt), there has been an increasing …

Tags:Haptics| Kiosks| Touch| Touchless Touch

Covid-19: Virus can survive on touchscreens for 28 days

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Researchers in Australia’s national science agency (CSIRO) have reported that Covid-19 can remain infectious on surfaces including touchscreens for up to 28 days. At 20°C, the virus was ‘extremely robust’, but …

Tags:Covid-19| Haptics| R&D (Research & Development)| Touch Market

Ultraleap Launches TouchFree Application

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ultraleap has released a free application that works to allow retrofitted touch kiosks to add a touch-like experience without physical touch. What We Think Ultraleap was formed when Ultrahaptics joined with …

Tags:Haptics| Touch Market| Touchless Touch