Morgan-IAT: Haptic Sensory System for the Hand

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Haptic technology, or haptics, is a feedback technology, which mimics the sense of touch byapplying stimuli, such as compression, friction & vibration forces to the user.In gaming & in "sensory rehabilitation" for individuals with disability, the ability for a user to'feel' a virtual environment as well as ‘see’ it would be a significant advance on what iscurrently available & will open up numerous opportunities.MIAT, in conjunction with Southampton University, is developing a haptics (multi sensory)system for the hand that will provide the user with a sense of touch, which when combinedwith position sensing technology, will allow the user to 'see' that motion or action. Thistechnology has significant commercial potential as a gaming product, particularly as virtualreality gaming is becoming more popular, but will also be transferable to pioneeringrehabilitation technology for sensory re-education in medicine, e.g. stroke recovery.