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SECTION: EMERGENCE
Microsoft moves from vibrotactility to ambient textures
A Microsoft patent filed in May (and published yesterday) describes a “topography-changing” display in which shape-memory polymers would react to light signals to change the texture of a display surface, a technology that may be used to develop tactile touchscreens or other controls. Continue reading
