If you have an iPhne and miss real buttons this is good news. Pushing the buttons of a touchscreen have always felt a little numb, but no more.
Using the ‘vibrator’ of you iPhone (aka an actuator) 2 clever students from Glasgow have made some code available that will trick your senses. The feel of buttons and their edges are accomplished by controlling the vibration of the device. In reality the phone moves, but you virtually feel something.
Nice going. I foresee Apple to contact these guys and make them rich or famous, or maybe both. It seems that gizmodo first reported this news, but there might be a way to see when the project was created on google code. If not, lets just say that if finally got around to my reader, and I’m reaaly excited.
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