Onscreen virtual pushbuttons on handheld electronics switches lack haptic feedback. These driver chips can be programmed to drive mechanical actuators that make it feel like you've pushed a real ...

Cirrus Logic Inc. is bringing its expertise in consumer and smartphone haptics to automotive applications with its new family of closed-loop haptic drivers. The CS40L51, CS40L52, and CS40L53 devices ...

If you think of haptics at all, it's likely in terms of force-feedback joysticks. It's a game. But it's not a game for stroke victims. A Rice robotics team under Marcia O'Malley (right) is harnessing ...

Haptic technologies enable consumers to perceive touch sensations when using electronic devices. The touch sensation, created by an actuator embedded in the device, makes a virtual experience seem ...

How can haptic feedback, which uses vibrations to simulate real touch sensations, be improved to provide more accurate data to users? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address ...

Imagine playing a video game where you can feel the grass beneath your character’s feet, or watching a movie and experiencing the gentle brush of a leaf as it falls to the ground. This is the World ...

Boréas Technologies produces a range of low-power piezo drivers for mobile haptic applications such as smartphones and handheld gaming devices. The BOS1901 high-voltage, low-power piezo driver is one ...

Microsoft is reportedly on the verge of introducing advanced haptic feedback for trackpads on Windows 11 laptops, a feature that has been a staple on MacBooks for over a decade. This development could ...