[nfbcs] [Fwd: [optacon-l] New Sensor Technology]

[Tracy Carcione]

This looks interesting.  Wonder if it could be used for the mythic
low-cost braille display, or to make accessible those touch screens
sighted people love to put on all kinds of appliances.
Tracy

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Subject: [optacon-l] New Sensor Technology
From:    "Steve" <k8sp at sbcglobal.net>
Date:    Mon, January 16, 2012 6:31 pm
To:      optacon-l at freelists.org
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BlankI saw an article last week that discussed a couple developments in
sensor technology.
One of them was a plastic type of motor which could mimick different
sensations in a cell phone, such as a rolling ball or the feel of a Harley.
It was made by Absolute Muscle.

The other, and to me more relevant, development was a touch screen
modification which would make it show patterns of keys, or anything else,
for that matter.  It is made by a Finish company called Senseg.

http://news.cnet.com/1606-2_3-50115714.html
for a demonstration video

http://senseg.com/
Senseg—Feel the Difference

Senseg enhances touch interfaces with high fidelity tactile effects, a new
generation of “haptics.” Whether organizing a desktop or navigating twitter
feeds,
selecting text or finding hidden objects, tactile sensations make users more
productive and applications more engaging.

Jukebox

Jukebox by Fluid Interaction enables browsing your music library with
engaging interaction. Hits and favorites are highlighted visually and with
tactile
textures that naturally guide selection.

With Senseg application developers have precise control over the location
and type of effect users experience. Senseg effects have a very broad
dynamic
range, both in the type of effect delivered and its intensity. Every
application can benefit from using feel to guide and reward user actions,
whether
it is used to minimize visual focus required for accurate operation, or to
enrich a multi-modal experience incorporating graphics, sound and feel.

Users feel ridges and grooves as ball rolls over texture.

Senseg haptics are often used in combination with graphics or/and sound for
a more engaging and complete sensory experience; other times Senseg effects
are used by themselves, such as ‘tagging’ the location of hidden objects
that can be discovered only by feel, or to reinforce user actions.



"A person cannot survive as a true Spartan fan unless he is
a bit of a masochist and a very large optimist."

Steve
Lansing, MI




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