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Rumor: the iPad HD will feature advanced haptic feedback technology from Senseg that touches you back

March 7, 2012 at 7:49 am

Stuff-Review was the first to consider that the iPad HD (a.k.a. iPad 3) could have some form of advanced haptic feedback. Our speculation was based on the iPad event invite, which calls for something new to see and touch. Apple is no stranger to this technology since it has been doing its own research, and it would just really make sense to have tactile feedback technology in the iPad.

Advanced haptics would enrich the iPad experience by bringing the sense of touch to the mix. It would make typing on the iPad akin to typing on a physical keyboard, provide tactile feedback on user interface interactions and it would bring gaming to a whole different level. Then you never know what else might come up from enterpreneuring app developers.
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Confirmed: iPad 3 to be announced at Apple event on March 7th. Cue to retina display and advanced haptic feedback?

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February 28, 2012 at 3:35 pm

You had been warned to hold off any iPad purchases until further notice. So finally we have confirmation on the official announcement for Apple’s next generation tablet, the iPad 3. Apple has been sending out invites for an event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on Wednesday 7th of March at 10am PST (1pm EST or 6pm GMT).

The invite shows a finger touching, a pretty sharp, iPad screen. The tagline reads We have something you really have to see. And touch. It’s been widely rumored that the iPad 3 will feature an extremely high resolution “retina” display effectively quadrupling the iPad 2’s effective pixels. The iPad 3 resolution is said to be 2048×1536 against the iPad 2’s 1024×768, which would really be a sight.

Now we’re pretty interested in the last part of the tagline. We already know touch, so could Apple be eluding to something new in the iPad 3, like let’s say, advanced haptic feedback. continue reading

Rules of attraction: Apple looking into programmable magnets and ferrofluids for providing haptic feedback on touchscreens and security applications

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January 27, 2012 at 12:47 pm

Ferrofluid on glass plate under the influence of a strong magnetic field provided from a magnet below

We know that Apple has a love for magnets. First, you have the ingenious MagSafe adapter, which uses a magnet to attach the power connector to your MacBook — you get a quick and easy connection and if you trip on the cable the connector unlatches so that you don’t accidentally pull your laptop to the floor. Then, when Apple introduced the iPad 2, it was paired with the new Smart Cover, which uses a number of magnets to align the cover on the device, but also put the iPad to sleep. According to some new Apple patents, filed in July 2011 but only published yesterday, the Cupertino company is looking into even more advanced uses for magnets and even ferrofluids.

The patent filling contains a huge number of potential applications for correlated (or programmed) magnets. Correlated magnets consist patterns of magnets with alternating polarity and can be programmed to interact only with other magnets that have been coded to respond. Apple engineers explore the possibilities of physically securing a data connection by including a ‘magnetic key’ on data ports, using coded magnets.
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Cool tech: better haptic feedback for smartphones and tablets thanks to a new wafer-thin device

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January 15, 2012 at 10:21 am

Smartphone and tablet use has exploded and our mobile devices have become very capable multitaskers and game machines. Your mobile phone or tablet may already give you some form of haptic or tactile feedback through vibrations caused by a small electric motor turning an unbalanced mass. This solution, though it has served us well for some time now, takes up valuable space, consumes a lot of power and is very limited to the type of feedback it can provide. Our other senses are being catered for by better displays and graphics and better audio but not much has changed on the way we feel our devices.

Well, one company has a working technology that promises to improve haptic feedback in all portable devices. Vivitouch is a technology belonging to a company named Artificial Muscle that envisions possible applications in smartphones, tablets, game controllers, remote controls and even vehicle control panels.
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Rumor: the iPad HD will feature advanced haptic feedback technology from Senseg that touches you back

Confirmed: iPad 3 to be announced at Apple event on March 7th. Cue to retina display and advanced haptic feedback?

Rules of attraction: Apple looking into programmable magnets and ferrofluids for providing haptic feedback on touchscreens and security applications

Cool tech: better haptic feedback for smartphones and tablets thanks to a new wafer-thin device

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