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Holograms were touchable
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Holograms were touchable

Japanese researchers have created three-dimensional imagery that can be touched. Prior to this, the technology that made these images burns when exposed.

December 12, 2018
Flexible rubber keypad, programmable keypad
New technology

Flexible rubber keypad, programmable keypad

There are no buttons, not many complicated details, but this is a soft, flexible, stretchable keyboard made from a special rubber type called elastic dielectric.

December 12, 2018
Google's breakthrough technology
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Google's breakthrough technology

Forget the physical touch screens and buttons, Google's Soli project allows users to control electronic devices by waving their hands in the air.

December 12, 2018
New technology shakes electronic entertainment
New technology

New technology shakes electronic entertainment

UltraHaptics is a young company with great ambition: replacing the way people interact with electronic devices, with revolutionizing virtual reality (VR) technology by l…

December 12, 2018
Control your phone with your fingernail
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Control your phone with your fingernail

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have invented a wireless nail-based wireless device called NailO, which allows for easy control of the phon…

December 12, 2018
Unique keyboard 'transforms' the iPhone
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Unique keyboard 'transforms' the iPhone

WayTools has launched a unique physical keyboard for the iPhone, which replaces the on-screen keyboard, but still has the convenience of carrying the iPhone's travel…

December 12, 2018
Develop touch-sensitive smartphones
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Develop touch-sensitive smartphones

Sesame Phone touch-sensitive smartphones are designed to free your hands from touch gestures and allow people who cannot use their hands to use their phones.

December 12, 2018
Introducing the 3-D technology 'pales'
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Introducing the 3-D technology 'pales'

Miraisens, Japan's technology company, has announced a 'palpable' three-dimensional imaging technology and said it will soon launch the product.

December 12, 2018
Stay in touch without networking
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Stay in touch without networking

When a cellular network is damaged, overloaded or simply out of range, the best way to deal with it is to use goTenna.

December 12, 2018