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Widespread Power Outage In Spain And Portugal
A supermarket worker touches cold products to check their temperature while the supermarket remains dark during the power outage that affects Spain nationwide in Granada, Spain, on April 28, 2025. Power outages affect Spain and Portugal in the Iberian Peninsula since 12:00 pm on April 28, impacting telecommunications, transportation, the internet, and public transport, as well as the daily lives of citizens. (Photo by Fermin Rodriguez/NurPhoto) -
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Cucumber Plant Seedlings
Cucumber plant seedlings are grown for preparation for spring season planting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) -
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Cucumber Plant Seedlings
Cucumber plant seedlings are grown for preparation for spring season planting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) -
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Cucumber Plant Seedlings
Cucumber plant seedlings are grown for preparation for spring season planting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) -
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Cucumber Plant Seedlings
Cucumber plant seedlings are grown for preparation for spring season planting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) -
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Cucumber Plant Seedlings
Cucumber plant seedlings are grown for preparation for spring season planting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) -
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: One of the elasticated strips used for making the FlexiVol diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Showing different interactions with the elasticated FlexiVol diffuser strips.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Showing different interactions with the elasticated FlexiVol diffuser strips.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram skull projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
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Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram skull projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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DUKAS_183408823_FER
Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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DUKAS_183408822_FER
Team creates touchable holograms
Ferrari Press Agency
Hologram 1
Ref 16724
10/04/2025
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Public University of Navarra
Holograms that people can directly manipulate with their hands just like a scene from a sci-fi movie, have been developed by researchers.
It means virtual 3D objects can be manipulated by grabbing and dragging, similar to tapping and dragging icons on a 2D smartphone screen.
This technology could have practical applications in educational settings such as classrooms and museums.
Currently, holograms, also known as volumetric displays, use a rapidly oscillating sheet called a diffuser.
Images are projected onto the diffuser at different points to create a 3D effect.
It happens so fast that the human eye sees all the projections at once as a complete volume.
While this produces reliable 3D graphics, they can’t be manipulated directly.
Now a team in Spain from the Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, claim to be the first to have overcome this problem with a new kind of diffuser — an elastic one they call FlexiVol.
OPS: Manipulating a hologram skull projected onto the FlexiVol elastic diffusers.
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DUKAS_182952458_FER
Lightweight wearable for virtual sensations
Ferrari Press Agency
Haptic 1
Ref 16677
28/03/2025
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Pictures must credit: John A.Rogers/Northwestern University
A new lightweight, minimalist way to enable anyone to touch and feel their way around a virtual reality world has been created.
It could be useful to the blind or visually impaired and reproduce the feeling of different textures for online shopping.
The new technology creates precise movements to mimic the complex sensations.
It consists of sensors that sit on the fingertips and back of the hand.
The compact, wireless device applies force in any direction to generate a variety of sensations, including vibrations, stretching, pressure, sliding and twisting.
The system can also combine sensations and operate fast or slow to simulate a more nuanced, realistic sense of touch.
It has been developed by a team at the USA’s Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
While sitting on the skin, powered by a small rechargeable battery, the device uses Bluetooth to wirelessly connect to virtual reality headsets and smartphones.
It also is small and efficient, so it could be placed anywhere on the body, not just the hand or integrated into current wearable electronics.
The researchers say heir device eventually could enhance virtual experiences and help individuals with visual impairments navigate their surroundings.
It could also reproduce the feeling of different textures on flat screens for online shopping, provide tactile feedback for remote health care visits and even enable people with hearing impairments to “feel” music.
OPS:One device comprises a tiny magnet, wire coils, an accelerometer, a small rechargeable battery and Bluetooth capabilities.
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DUKAS_182952451_FER
Lightweight wearable for virtual sensations
Ferrari Press Agency
Haptic 1
Ref 16677
28/03/2025
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: John A.Rogers/Northwestern University
A new lightweight, minimalist way to enable anyone to touch and feel their way around a virtual reality world has been created.
It could be useful to the blind or visually impaired and reproduce the feeling of different textures for online shopping.
The new technology creates precise movements to mimic the complex sensations.
It consists of sensors that sit on the fingertips and back of the hand.
The compact, wireless device applies force in any direction to generate a variety of sensations, including vibrations, stretching, pressure, sliding and twisting.
The system can also combine sensations and operate fast or slow to simulate a more nuanced, realistic sense of touch.
It has been developed by a team at the USA’s Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
While sitting on the skin, powered by a small rechargeable battery, the device uses Bluetooth to wirelessly connect to virtual reality headsets and smartphones.
It also is small and efficient, so it could be placed anywhere on the body, not just the hand or integrated into current wearable electronics.
The researchers say heir device eventually could enhance virtual experiences and help individuals with visual impairments navigate their surroundings.
It could also reproduce the feeling of different textures on flat screens for online shopping, provide tactile feedback for remote health care visits and even enable people with hearing impairments to “feel” music.
OPS:The new systems means small and efficient, devices can be placed anywhere on the body
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DUKAS_182952443_FER
Lightweight wearable for virtual sensations
Ferrari Press Agency
Haptic 1
Ref 16677
28/03/2025
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: John A.Rogers/Northwestern University
A new lightweight, minimalist way to enable anyone to touch and feel their way around a virtual reality world has been created.
It could be useful to the blind or visually impaired and reproduce the feeling of different textures for online shopping.
The new technology creates precise movements to mimic the complex sensations.
It consists of sensors that sit on the fingertips and back of the hand.
The compact, wireless device applies force in any direction to generate a variety of sensations, including vibrations, stretching, pressure, sliding and twisting.
The system can also combine sensations and operate fast or slow to simulate a more nuanced, realistic sense of touch.
It has been developed by a team at the USA’s Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
While sitting on the skin, powered by a small rechargeable battery, the device uses Bluetooth to wirelessly connect to virtual reality headsets and smartphones.
It also is small and efficient, so it could be placed anywhere on the body, not just the hand or integrated into current wearable electronics.
The researchers say heir device eventually could enhance virtual experiences and help individuals with visual impairments navigate their surroundings.
It could also reproduce the feeling of different textures on flat screens for online shopping, provide tactile feedback for remote health care visits and even enable people with hearing impairments to “feel” music.
OPS:The new systems means small and efficient, devices can be placed anywhere on the body
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DUKAS_178928560_FER
Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
Ferrari Press Agency
Cosmos 1
Ref 16398
17/12/2024
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Picture MUST credit: Lightship
A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos in compact Road Mode.
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DUKAS_178928558_FER
Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
Ferrari Press Agency
Cosmos 1
Ref 16398
17/12/2024
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Picture MUST credit: Lightship
A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos in Expanded Camp Mode.
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Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
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A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos.
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Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
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17/12/2024
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Picture MUST credit: Lightship
A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos,
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Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
Ferrari Press Agency
Cosmos 1
Ref 16398
17/12/2024
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Picture MUST credit: Lightship
A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos.
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Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
Ferrari Press Agency
Cosmos 1
Ref 16398
17/12/2024
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Lightship
A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos in Expanded Camp Mode.
Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS) -
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Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
Ferrari Press Agency
Cosmos 1
Ref 16398
17/12/2024
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Lightship
A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos.
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Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
Ferrari Press Agency
Cosmos 1
Ref 16398
17/12/2024
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Lightship
A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos.
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Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
Ferrari Press Agency
Cosmos 1
Ref 16398
17/12/2024
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Lightship
A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos in Expanded Camp Mode.
Pictue supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS) -
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Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
Ferrari Press Agency
Cosmos 1
Ref 16398
17/12/2024
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Lightship
A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos roof is covered with integrated solar panels
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Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
Ferrari Press Agency
Cosmos 1
Ref 16398
17/12/2024
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Lightship
A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos in compact Road Mode for towing.
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Electric powered mobile home expands at touch of a button
Ferrari Press Agency
Cosmos 1
Ref 16398
17/12/2024
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Lightship
A new all electric mobile home expands in height, length and width at the touch of a button.
And it has its own electric-powered running gear to help make towing easier.
It also means near-zero range loss for EV drivers and less miles-per-gallon drain for gas vehicles doing the towing.
The limited edition AE.1 Cosmos battery is powered from an integrated, full-solar roof design.
The US company behind it, Colorado and California -based Lightship, says this is designed to deliver an all-electric camping experience without the noise of a generator or the hazard of onboard propane tanks.
It is said to have enough capacity for off-grid living.
The AE.1 sleeps four with a fully outfitted bathroom and galley kitchen equipped with dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The trailer expands and elevates with a single button to transition from what is called compact “Road Mode” when towing to “Camp Mode” when pitched up.
It rises upwards with more than two metres of extra headroom and expands sideways.
OPS: The Lightship limited edition AE.1 Cosmos in Expanded Camp Mode.
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Virtual reality headset controller in the plam of the hand
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15/11/2024
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Picture MUST credit: Carnegie Mellon University
A new generation of augmented and virtual reality controllers could one day fit in the palm of the hand — literally.
Researchers have created a tool that uses artificial intelligence to control AR and VR interfaces by touching the palm.
And it would mean people not having to carry around handheld controllers.
A team wanted at the USA’s Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wanted to design a control that would provide tactile feedback using only the sensors that come with a standard AR, VR headset.
Ph.D student Vimal Mollyn suggested using machine learning to train normal cameras to recognise touching.
He explained: “Try taking your finger and see what happens when you touch your skin with it.
“You'll notice that there are these shadows and local skin deformations that only occur when you're touching the skin.
"If we can see these, then we can train a machine learning model to do the same, and that's essentially what we did."
OPS: Prototype of the new device, called EgoTouch, as seen through a VR / AR headset
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Virtual reality headset controller in the plam of the hand
Ferrari Press Agency
Hand 1
Ref 16313
15/11/2024
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Picture MUST credit: Carnegie Mellon University
A new generation of augmented and virtual reality controllers could one day fit in the palm of the hand — literally.
Researchers have created a tool that uses artificial intelligence to control AR and VR interfaces by touching the palm.
And it would mean people not having to carry around handheld controllers.
A team wanted at the USA’s Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wanted to design a control that would provide tactile feedback using only the sensors that come with a standard AR, VR headset.
Ph.D student Vimal Mollyn suggested using machine learning to train normal cameras to recognise touching.
He explained: “Try taking your finger and see what happens when you touch your skin with it.
“You'll notice that there are these shadows and local skin deformations that only occur when you're touching the skin.
"If we can see these, then we can train a machine learning model to do the same, and that's essentially what we did."
OPS: Prototype of the new device, called EgoTouch without a VR / AR headset
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(FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS) -
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Virtual reality headset controller in the plam of the hand
Ferrari Press Agency
Hand 1
Ref 16313
15/11/2024
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Picture MUST credit: Carnegie Mellon University
A new generation of augmented and virtual reality controllers could one day fit in the palm of the hand — literally.
Researchers have created a tool that uses artificial intelligence to control AR and VR interfaces by touching the palm.
And it would mean people not having to carry around handheld controllers.
A team wanted at the USA’s Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wanted to design a control that would provide tactile feedback using only the sensors that come with a standard AR, VR headset.
Ph.D student Vimal Mollyn suggested using machine learning to train normal cameras to recognise touching.
He explained: “Try taking your finger and see what happens when you touch your skin with it.
“You'll notice that there are these shadows and local skin deformations that only occur when you're touching the skin.
"If we can see these, then we can train a machine learning model to do the same, and that's essentially what we did."
OPS: A Render of how the new device, called EgoTouch, might look using a VR / AR headset
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(FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS) -
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Virtual reality headset controller in the plam of the hand
Ferrari Press Agency
Hand 1
Ref 16313
15/11/2024
See Ferrari text
Picture MUST credit: Carnegie Mellon University
A new generation of augmented and virtual reality controllers could one day fit in the palm of the hand — literally.
Researchers have created a tool that uses artificial intelligence to control AR and VR interfaces by touching the palm.
And it would mean people not having to carry around handheld controllers.
A team wanted at the USA’s Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wanted to design a control that would provide tactile feedback using only the sensors that come with a standard AR, VR headset.
Ph.D student Vimal Mollyn suggested using machine learning to train normal cameras to recognise touching.
He explained: “Try taking your finger and see what happens when you touch your skin with it.
“You'll notice that there are these shadows and local skin deformations that only occur when you're touching the skin.
"If we can see these, then we can train a machine learning model to do the same, and that's essentially what we did."
OPS: Prototype of the new device, called EgoTouch, as seen through a VR / AR headset
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FEATURE - Zum Valentinstag: "Kiss" - Fotografien zum Thema "Liebe" von Brian Harris
Part of a series of images produced by the photographer while travelling as a working photo-journalist on the subject of 'love'.
Czechoslovakia, Prague,1989 during the Velvet Revolution, the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. Lovers outside the Jewish Cemetery in U Stareho Hrbitova.
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Kiss is a series of images produced on the photographer on subject of 'love'.Kiss is a series of images produced on the photographer on subject of 'love'.
Part of a series of images produced by the photographer while travelling as a working photo-journalist on the subject of 'love'.
Czechoslovakia, Prague,1989 during the Velvet Revolution, the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. Lovers outside the Jewish Cemetery in U Stareho Hrbitova.
© Brian Harris / eyevine
Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
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Braille reading robot can help give mechanical hands sensitivity
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Braille 1
Ref 15520
29/01/2024
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Researchers have developed a robot that uses artificial intelligence to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most humans.
And the tech could be used to give robotic hands human-like sensitive finger tips.
The robot is able to read the tactile writing system used by the visually impaired at 315 words per minute at close to 90% accuracy.
The robot reader was not developed as assistive technology for the blind.
The high sensitivity required to read the makes it an ideal test in the development of robot hands with comparable sensitivity to human fingertips.
Human fingertips are remarkably sensitive and help us gather information about the world around us.
They can detect tiny changes in the texture of a material or help know how much force to use when grasping an object like picking up an egg without breaking it or a bowling ball without dropping it.
Reproducing that level of sensitivity in a robotic hand, in an energy-efficient way, is a big engineering challenge according to the team behind it from the UK’s University of Cambridge.
OPS: The robotic braille reader at a machine that scrolls braille
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Braille reading robot can help give mechanical hands sensitivity
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Braille 1
Ref 15520
29/01/2024
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Pictures MUST credit: University of Cambridge
Researchers have developed a robot that uses artificial intelligence to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most humans.
And the tech could be used to give robotic hands human-like sensitive finger tips.
The robot is able to read the tactile writing system used by the visually impaired at 315 words per minute at close to 90% accuracy.
The robot reader was not developed as assistive technology for the blind.
The high sensitivity required to read the makes it an ideal test in the development of robot hands with comparable sensitivity to human fingertips.
Human fingertips are remarkably sensitive and help us gather information about the world around us.
They can detect tiny changes in the texture of a material or help know how much force to use when grasping an object like picking up an egg without breaking it or a bowling ball without dropping it.
Reproducing that level of sensitivity in a robotic hand, in an energy-efficient way, is a big engineering challenge according to the team behind it from the UK’s University of Cambridge.
OPS: The robotic braille reader at a machine that scrolls braille
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Braille reading robot can help give mechanical hands sensitivity
Ferrari Press Agency
Braille 1
Ref 15520
29/01/2024
See Ferrari text
Pictures MUST credit: University of Cambridge
Researchers have developed a robot that uses artificial intelligence to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most humans.
And the tech could be used to give robotic hands human-like sensitive finger tips.
The robot is able to read the tactile writing system used by the visually impaired at 315 words per minute at close to 90% accuracy.
The robot reader was not developed as assistive technology for the blind.
The high sensitivity required to read the makes it an ideal test in the development of robot hands with comparable sensitivity to human fingertips.
Human fingertips are remarkably sensitive and help us gather information about the world around us.
They can detect tiny changes in the texture of a material or help know how much force to use when grasping an object like picking up an egg without breaking it or a bowling ball without dropping it.
Reproducing that level of sensitivity in a robotic hand, in an energy-efficient way, is a big engineering challenge according to the team behind it from the UK’s University of Cambridge.
OPS: The robotic braille reader.
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Braille reading robot can help give mechanical hands sensitivity
Ferrari Press Agency
Braille 1
Ref 15520
29/01/2024
See Ferrari text
Pictures MUST credit: University of Cambridge
Researchers have developed a robot that uses artificial intelligence to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most humans.
And the tech could be used to give robotic hands human-like sensitive finger tips.
The robot is able to read the tactile writing system used by the visually impaired at 315 words per minute at close to 90% accuracy.
The robot reader was not developed as assistive technology for the blind.
The high sensitivity required to read the makes it an ideal test in the development of robot hands with comparable sensitivity to human fingertips.
Human fingertips are remarkably sensitive and help us gather information about the world around us.
They can detect tiny changes in the texture of a material or help know how much force to use when grasping an object like picking up an egg without breaking it or a bowling ball without dropping it.
Reproducing that level of sensitivity in a robotic hand, in an energy-efficient way, is a big engineering challenge according to the team behind it from the UK’s University of Cambridge.
OPS: The robotic braille reader at a machine that scrolls braille
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