A technology that uses electrostatic fields to let you feel what is on a screen was this year named within Time magazine’s top 50 innovations. Senseg - a company founded by experts in medical technology, acoustics and psychology – has developed the haptic technology, which has already been demonstrated in tablet devices. The system passes an ultra-low electrical current into an insulated driver to create a small attractive force to finger skin.
The company says it can modulate this attractive
force to generate a variety of sensations, including textured
surfaces, edges and vibrations.
Senseg technology will be more
attractive to the professional AV industry than some other
haptic technologies on the market as it can be
used in large touchscreens without an increase in manufacturing
complexity.
The solution is comprised of three core elements:
the company’s proprietary Tixel technology that activates the touchscreen
for electrostatic vibration, an electronics module and software to manage the effects.