On 08/12/2010 10:46 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > On 12/08/10 18:58, Robbie Williamson wrote: >> On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 18:40 +0100, Duncan McGreggor wrote: >>> A gem from slashdot via Stephen Webb: >>> >>> http://bit.ly/dybNrQ >>> >>> "A new covering developed by Senseg and Toshiba Information Systems >>> gives touchpads, LCDs, and other curved surfaces (eg. cellphones) >>> programmable texture using a high-resolution electrotactile array — a >>> grid of electrodes that excite nerves in the skin with small pulses of >>> current to trick the body into perceiving texture, pressure, or >>> pin-pricks depending on the current amplitude and electrode resolution. >> ...or shock the hell out of you and even stop pacemakers. LOL ;) > > Only if there's a bug in the kernel driver ;-)
... and the power connector has any of the stickers "danger", "high voltage" or "opening will void warranty" :-) Seriously, tactile devices has the potential to replace keyboards... Cheers, Henrik _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
