SAN JOSE, Calif.--At the Interactive Displays 2009 conference here Wednesday, a small group of participants aimed to figure out not just where the science of touch and gesture is headed, but also where the dollars are.
Artificial Muscle has been working on improving haptic feedback for gadgets for the last six months. Here, a Lenovo IdeaPad has been outfitted with Artificial Muscle's proprietary actuators underneath the touch pad (shown sitting on top).
When mousing over different areas of a screen, haptic feedback, which feels like a buzz or small vibration, will be felt in the touch pad of the computer. The actuators respond to audio signals in the computer and cause the haptic feedback.
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