interfaces
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Watch An Astronaut In Orbit Control A Robot On Earth Using Haptic Feedback
One day, astronauts on deep space missions may explore the surface of unknown planets remotely — using a rover while they remain in orbit. That concept, though it sounds radically far-off, just got an important dry run.
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How Scientists Made This Ordinary Phone A Touchless Interface
When touchscreens came to the first iPhone, they felt like a marvellous new way to interact with the devices in our hands. Dirty or wet or gloved fingers reveal the limitations of the touchscreen though, and touchless interfaces may be closer than you think — a lightly modified ordinary phone can detect hand gestures through…
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Feature: The 11 Most Exciting User Interface Ideas Of 2013
Much has changed in our world in the past decade. Remember 2003? 50 Cent was still on top, as was Dubya, and you were hot shit if your mobile phone had a colour screen. Imagine knowing that in 10 years, we’d interact with tech using our voices, our gestures, and even our brainwaves. 2013, in…
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Scientists Are Making The World Feel Different With Electrical Charges
Imagine picking up a ceramic teapot that felt hairy, or running your hand across a countertop that felt like sandpaper. That’s exactly the kind of thing researchers at the cutting edge of touch interfaces are trying to do: they’re changing the way everyday objects feel using a weak electric signal fed through a person’s entire…