From virtual reality to rehabilitation and communication, haptic technology has revolutionized the way humans interact with the digital world. While early haptic devices focused on single-sensory cues ...

Next has partnered with Taiwanese firm Giantplus Technology to develop a prototype for full-screen fingerprint biometric authentication.

Marcia O’Malley, the Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor in Engineering and professor and chair of mechanical engineering at Rice University. Haptic devices, which enable communication through touch ...

Touch screens with resistive technology have been in common use for many years. They are inexpensive to manufacture and easy to interface. In resistive-technology sensing, electrodes are connected to ...

Most haptic devices only deliver feedback as simple vibrations. New device applies dynamic forces in any direction to simulate a more realistic sense of touch. Small, lightweight device can enhance ...

How about a display that can take the shape of a real keyboard? The surface of the display will become elevated to mimic the physical buttons of a keypad and then disappear just as quickly as they ...

An illustration showing a paralyzed individual with a spinal cord injury, implanted with intracortical electrodes in the brain. This brain-computer interface (BCI) allows the individual to control a ...

Apple may finally deliver the long-awaited touch-screen MacBook Pro in two years. The latest rumor comes from one of the industry's most trusted analysts, Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo predicts Apple will launch ...