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Feb 7, 2019
For the love of technology! Sex robots and virtual reality
Sex as we know it is about to change.
Search results for haptics
Engineering
Jan 30, 2019
'Feeling' data through haptic displays
To perceive surroundings, humans can draw on five senses. But dealing with technology requires screens and speakers, which only appeal to our senses of vision and hearing. Scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ...
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2019
Why paper maps still matter in the digital age
Ted Florence is ready for his family trip to Botswana. He has looked up his hotel on Google Maps and downloaded a digital map of the country to his phone. He has also packed a large paper map. "I travel all over the world," ...
Robotics
Dec 19, 2018
When high tech goes underground
ANYmal, a robot developed at ETH, can see and hear, and even open doors. An international research team is now working to ensure the robot can function in extreme conditions – a mission that takes them to the labyrinth of ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 20, 2018
Novel machine learning technique for simulating the every day task of dressing
Putting on clothes is a daily, mundane task that most of us perform with little or no thought. We may never take into consideration the multiple steps and physical motions involved when we're getting dressed in the mornings. ...
Engineering
Aug 29, 2018
The first low-cost sensor that can accurately measure skin friction drag
Researchers at Surrey have developed the first low-cost sensor which can accurately measure skin friction drag, using off-the-shelf components.
Polymers
Jul 12, 2018
Smart polymers transform electrical energy into mechanical work
CTsystems, a spin-off of Empa, and Daetwyler, the Swiss specialist for sealing solutions, partner up to market and industrialize polymer transducer technology. CTsystems has already presented the first prototype of electromechanical ...
Engineering
Jul 9, 2018
Armband mimics a person's touch
Imagine a virtual world where someone touches your arm during a conversation and you feel the sensation as though they were with you.
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2018
From stone dildos to sexbots—how technology is changing sex
As the TV series Westworld wraps up its second season, the show continues to spark discussion about a potential future that involves lifelike sex robots.
Engineering
Jun 18, 2018
Purdue phoneme project creates new haptic communications future
Communication could step beyond reading a cellular phone screen with a new technique by Purdue College of Engineering researchers to learn and read messages through a person's sense of touch.
