Getting in touch with your tablet.

 
I have been think­ing a lot about tablets and how they are mak­ing our lives eas­ier and more pro­duc­tive.  For me, the answer is yes and no.

I recently dis­cov­ered a newer com­pany that is tak­ing some seri­ous steps for­ward in chang­ing the way we expe­ri­ence dig­i­tal media on tablets and sim­i­lar interfaces.

Senseg, estab­lished in 2006, has pro­duced a brand new touch tech­nol­ogy, called “E-Sense,” with highly tan­gi­ble effects that deliver dif­fer­ent touch sen­sa­tions accord­ing to the media you are work­ing with.

Think about it; the device itself will have a form of non­ver­bal com­mu­ni­ca­tion directly with a user.  It also pro­vides tremen­dous edu­ca­tional oppor­tu­ni­ties, espe­cially for the visu­ally impaired. I would love if a dig­i­tal braille key­board or an appli­ca­tion to read e-books for the blind was devel­oped with this new E-Sense technology.

Senseg Touch Technology

Accord­ing to Senseg, each appli­ca­tion will be able to react to dif­fer­ent user actions:

“Whether it is used to min­i­mize visual focus required for accu­rate oper­a­tion, or to enrich a multi-modal expe­ri­ence incor­po­rat­ing graph­ics, sound and feel. Senseg hap­tics are often used in com­bi­na­tion with graph­ics or/and sound for a more engag­ing and com­plete sen­sory expe­ri­ence; other times Senseg effects are used by them­selves, such as ‘tag­ging’ the loca­tion of hid­den objects that can be dis­cov­ered only by feel, or to rein­force user actions.”

Senseg’s solu­tion is com­prised of three main components:

  • A Tixel™ tech­nol­ogy that acti­vates the touch screen for elec­tro­sta­tic vibration.
  • An elec­tronic mod­ule that con­trols a sig­nal for touch inten­si­ties, effects and spe­cial relationships.
  • Soft­ware devel­oped by Senseg that man­ages effects in applications.

Did I men­tion that the new tech­nol­ogy is com­pletely silent, and will be able to scale from any device, from touch pads, smart phones and tablets to the largest touch screens?

When do you think we will “feel” the dif­fer­ence?  Feel free to share your thoughts and opin­ions below.

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