VP of manufacturing, technology and innovation at Jabil. Over 20 years of experience helping global teams deploy cutting-edge manufacturing. The concept of low- or no-touch, lights-out manufacturing ...

An origami-inspired haptic ring for VR called OriRing weighs 18 grams and can push back with up to 6.5 N. It senses pressing and sliding forces to render size and stiffness, but it’s still a prototype ...

Next-generation touch-screen devices will embed more haptics, or touch-based feedback, into virtual keyboards. Haptic technology uses targeted vibrations to deliver tactile feedback that can vary in ...

Imagine playing a video game where you can feel the grass beneath your character’s feet, or watching a movie and experiencing the gentle brush of a leaf as it falls to the ground. This is the World ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) create gloves that will enable users to more realistically experience the "feel" of objects in virtual environments. Touting the creation as ...

Thanks to a handful of emerging technologies, virtual touch-screen keyboards are getting closer to the feel of real electromechanical keyboards. Enhancements such as tactile feedback and surfaces that ...