Magnetic levitation-based interface to give computer users sense of touch

The Hindustan Times | March 5, 2008 | Copyright

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Washington, March 5 -- Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a touch-based computer interface that may soon provide people with a way to sense the texture of three-dimensional objects, and feel how they fit together.

Ralph Hollis, a research professor in Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute who has developed the new interface, says that his device uses magnetic levitation and a single moving part to give users a highly realistic experience.

He says that such features make his device quite different from ...

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