tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:54:57 +0000http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/Robles-De-La-TorreBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-7370423702702862149Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:48:00 +00002008-04-25T11:50:22.996-07:00Apple Inc is in talks with Immersion Corporation to licence Haptic Technology for its iPhone. Immersion Corporation on Thursday announced that they have appointed former Apple executive Clent Richardson to the position of President and CEO... Morehttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/04/iphone-deal-for-immersion.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-8037454770570460199Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:45:00 +00002008-04-25T11:47:37.184-07:00Immersion Corp. on Thursday announced that they have appointed former Apple executive Clent Richardson to the position of President and CEO. Richardson starts today, and is expected to be appointed to Immersion’s Board of Directors at its next board meeting... Morehttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/04/immersion-names-former-apple-exec-as.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-76233089771305407Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:14:00 +00002008-04-21T12:17:37.949-07:00Special guide to the peculiar-looking but innovative devices available to artists, designers and gamers... ... haptic devices - which supply physical feedback and differing input solutions - are fast becoming a viable option for gamers and games developers, specifically artists.... Morehttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/04/developcan-haptic-devices-serve-games.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-70919093734748176Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:41:00 +00002008-04-02T10:46:54.803-07:00...There are 22 kinds of vibration in total built into the phone...It's the second new handset launched on Tuesday in South Korea that plays on the sense of touch but the other, LG Electronics' LG-SH240, isn't quite as high-tech. The latter phone has a layer of silicon over the front of the phone to give it a little elasticity and make it feel to users like they're touching human skin... Morehttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/04/washington-post-samsung-launches-touch.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-4859291190758341687Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:36:00 +00002008-04-02T10:38:18.964-07:00...One notable feature of the device's touch screen is a haptic feedback capability, where a user feels a slight buzz when a touch is made to an on-screen keypad. During demonstrations, Sprint and Samsung employees said the haptic feedback, also called vibe tones, means that people can use the device while wearing winter gloves, which isn't possible with the iPhone... Morehttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/04/computerworld-sprint-samsung-announce.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-6003611634833682896Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:36:00 +00002008-03-11T00:43:06.111-07:00From: Chris Ullrich Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 4:05 pm **Editor's note: this email's attachments can be downloaded from: Fax back form Solicitation Gabriel, Immersion is setting up a research loaner program and is soliciting project proposals. Can you forward this to the Haptics-L list? The details are found below and in the attachments. This information is also available on our website at http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/03/from-chris-ullrich-date-fri-7-mar-2008.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-3208459943941459306Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:14:00 +00002008-03-07T12:17:17.836-08:00...Since the PlayStation 3 has shipped, the system has used what Sony calls a "Sixaxis" game controller. It looks almost identical to the gamepads that Sony makes for the PlayStation 2, nevertheless features internal gyroscoping capabilities so users can tilt the controller up, down, left and right to control the game. The interactive capabilities of the Sixaxis controller drew criticism from http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/03/rumbleps3-dualshock-3-controller-coming.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-2418319228894398272Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:03:00 +00002008-03-07T12:06:22.475-08:00This project involves a group of PhD students from the Computing Science Department of the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Our aim with this web site is to publicly experiment with user interface design prototypes, implemented on the Apple iPhone utilising its built-in variable intensity actuator and multi-touch screen.... Morehttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/03/iphone-haptics.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-8256969828263391086Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:58:00 +00002008-03-07T12:13:40.126-08:00Click here for a Slashdot.com discussion on this topic A controller developed at Carnegie Mellon University allows computer users to manipulate three-dimensional images and explore virtual environments not only through sight and sound, but by using their sense of touch. The device, expected to be used mainly for research, training and industrial purposes, comes close to the sensitivity of the http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/03/washington-post-sense-of-touch-comes-to.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-870584979063041700Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-02-25T23:02:54.543-08:00Network Architectures for Distributed Haptic Virtual Environments (HAPNet) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Ref: 08/100317 How can we send a third sense over the Internet? We are about to enter the ‘second age' of the Internet, where it is being reengineered to deliver time sensitive services such as voice and video in contrast to its previous best effort-onlyhttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/02/haptics-jobresearch-assistant.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-2802760557219818426Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:53:00 +00002008-02-20T15:08:04.561-08:00From Internet Revolution, Written by Mary E. Shacklett. A master violin teacher in Canada and a student in Atlanta interact in high-quality video as if they were in the same room. A Stanford University medical student practices telesurgery techniques through haptic (touch) applications over a reliable Internet connection, while an expert surgeon from across the country guides him. All of this is http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/02/internet2-getting-web-ready-for.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-6634861139615597659Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:24:00 +00002008-02-14T18:34:37.944-08:00Using Flash Lite (TM). More information is here.http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/02/programming-vibrotactile-feedback-for.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-7898417400673130993Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:09:00 +00002008-02-08T11:10:38.177-08:00SiTEL is a hospital-based (Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Washington Hospital Center) organization of 75 employees who create cutting-edge console games and simulations for training physicians and other medical practitioners.... Morehttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/02/haptics-jobgame-programmer.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-1968726003415515121Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:39:00 +00002008-02-07T17:42:18.403-08:00The person in this position will be responsible for developing finite element-based soft tissue representations that supportreal-time interaction with surgical tools. The successful candidate should befamiliar with the extensive prior work in the field of surgical simulationincluding finite element formulations (both traditional nonlinear approaches aswell as various real-time approximations), http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/02/physics-programmer-position-in-boston.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-4940236607310315754Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:32:00 +00002008-02-08T11:21:04.150-08:00INTERNET EVOLUTION MAGAZINE:Console video game users have the sensation of feeling on-screen explosions and crashes when their handheld game controller shakes and rumbles. This form of haptics technology is making its way to the Web as developers create applications with “force feedback” to transmit a virtual sensation of touch over the Internet. Haptics is bi-directional “touch” technology, http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/02/haptic-internet-next-sensory-dimension.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-7104127744274927945Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:48:00 +00002008-01-04T09:50:20.989-08:00...A year and a half after the stroke, caused by a lesion the size of a lentil in a region of her midbrain, Dr. Roush began to feel tingling on her body in response to sounds. Today, more than ever, she feels sounds on her skin. The first time it happened, Dr. Roush was channel-surfing when she heard the voice of an announcer on a local FM station. When the announcer started to talk, she http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2008/01/ny-timeswhen-senses-become-confused.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-1596608184676578868Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:06:00 +00002007-11-28T13:10:02.147-08:00The EE who co-invented the electret microphone was recently recruited to help create the world's first graphical "haptic" display for the blind...... Morehttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2007/11/ee-times-haptics-display-sought-to.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-7265206071749084303Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:26:00 +00002007-11-28T12:29:11.920-08:00The new DualShock 3 controller launched in Japan earlier this month as a stand alone purchase, however it wont see release in Europe and the USA until Spring next year.... Morehttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2007/11/playstation-3-rumble-is-back-minireview.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-3898195216458379056Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:22:00 +00002007-11-28T12:26:15.950-08:00Cellphone users could soon tell when their handset is running low on juice or laden with new messages simply by reaching into their bag or pocket and giving it a quick shake. A new system uses a phone's speaker and vibrator to make a device feel and sound like it contains liquid when it is running out of power. The same technique can be used to indicate when new messages have arrived, by http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2007/11/newscientistcellphones-slosh-and-rattle.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-196797054671394798Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:49:00 +00002007-11-13T10:52:02.891-08:00A new generation of cell phones, as well as other gadgets, is introducing haptics. The purpose isn't to add realism, but to provide psychologically satisfying information about precisely when a button is pushed...The most exciting project in consumer haptics yet demonstrated is a project by Nokia Corp. called Haptikos. The project combines haptics with the actual physical depression and raising http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2007/11/computerworld-wishing-you-and-yours.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-5548879466954481429Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:42:00 +00002007-11-13T10:49:30.830-08:00A new gaming product and a research device combining body tracking with vibrotactile feedback.http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2007/11/interesting-new-vests-with-feedback.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-6959871509506656925Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:37:00 +00002007-08-12T10:39:36.055-07:00The external display incorporates Motorola's breakthrough haptics technology, which provides users with vibrating feedback in response to their finger taps. This allows the user to effortlessly control their music, video and camera without opening the flip... Morehttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2007/08/haptics-in-new-motorola-cellphone.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-1580429552153209153Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:07:00 +00002007-07-24T17:08:28.698-07:00Siemens VDO is developing a driver assistance function that aims at preventing motorists driving inadvertently against the traffic on motorways. The system combines input signals from a camera and navigation systems...In the case of a wrong turn, it can warn the driver through a warning sound, by displaying a message on a head-up display or by haptic warning signals such as shaking the gas pedal http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2007/07/haptic-warning-signals-for-driving.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-8367244087304143984Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:55:00 +00002007-06-22T14:59:28.875-07:00...The chair has 12 vibrating built-in motors -- seven in the back, five in the seat -- and a pair of speakers at the top. If a grenade goes off nearby in a video game, the chair gives the player a corresponding jolt to the back... Morehttp://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2007/06/washington-postbringing-senses-into.htmlRobles-De-La-Torretag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34126040.post-4906254035407945857Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:06:00 +00002007-06-13T19:13:03.514-07:00The Haptic Clock is a small clock program for Java powered mobile phones. The clock conveys time through a sequence of vibrations so you never have to pull the phone out of your pocket to tell time. Long vibrations are the number of hours of the current time on a 12 hour clock... More (including download hyperlinks)http://roblesdelatorre.blogspot.com/2007/06/haptic-clock-for-nokia-mobile-phones.htmlRobles-De-La-Torre