Researchers at the University of Liverpool have made a discovery that could improve the conductivity of a type of glass coating which is used on items such as touch screens, solar cells and energy efficient windows.
Materials Science
Nov 27, 2017
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Researchers at Keio University's Haptics Research Center have developed a 'real-time-avatar-robotic arm' that transmits sound, vision, and highly sensitive feelings of touch to remotely located users. This innovative touch ...
Robotics
Nov 7, 2017
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The gentle touch of another individual soothes the effects of social exclusion, one of the most emotionally painful human experiences, according to new UCL research.
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from the University of Birmingham, Sorbonne Universités and Unilever Research & Development Port Sunlight, has found that human fingertips behave differently when touching something depending ...
China has shared bikes, umbrellas, and basketballs, but one company is taking the country's love affair with the "sharing economy" to an erotic extreme with a line of rentable sex dolls.
Business
Sep 14, 2017
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Did you know that the origin and development of touch screen technology can be directly tied to one of the world's most famous behavioral scientists and a bunch of pigeons? This strange and fascinating part of science history ...
Engineering
Aug 31, 2017
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More than 110 U.S. Postal Service offices are offering special postmarks for Monday's total solar eclipse.
Space Exploration
Aug 18, 2017
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Touch became the last iPod standing on Thursday as Apple removed nano and shuffle stand-alone digital music players from its lineup.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 28, 2017
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For retailers, the era of the online marketplace brings previously unimaginable opportunity and risk: on one hand, the universe of customers has expanded exponentially, and with it the amount of information available on individuals' ...
Economics & Business
Jul 19, 2017
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As senses go, there's nothing so immediate and concrete as our sense of touch. So it may come as a surprise that, on the molecular level, our sense of touch is still poorly understood.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 4, 2017
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