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Disney Research, responsible for futuristic feedback systems like an earlobe speaker and a touch sensor that can work on water, is working on a new way to let people feel what's on their screens. The group will soon release a paper describing how to turn geometric figures on a touchscreen into simulated textures that users can run their hands across. In a demo video, researchers describe using it to feel the ridges on a map or examine objects that are behind glass. If the examples are any indication, you can do anything from "touch" an apple on a tablet to feel a jellyfish float across your screen. 

Saw this on Notcot today. The TeslaTouch project was one that me and fellow designer Jason May worked on with the guys at Disney Research Pittsburgh. Granted Ivan Poupyrev, Olivier Bau, and Ali Israr had the technology down, I worked on concepts for the application of Tesla Touch, and Jason worked on the housing of the final prototype. Really cool application: 3D modeling. Think of being able to sculpt a model and feel stress points in real time. Other cool application: buying textiles. Feel how soft or abrasive fabrics are.

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