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Today on In Case You Missed It: A haptic arm controller for gaming that works with the muscles in the users arms to both give feedback and guide touch is fully funded but still available on Kickstarter, for $212. Staying in-theme, a virtual reality setup centers a seat for a human in the middle of eight steel cables that all move independently is in prototype form, delivering the most lifelike experience yet. Meanwhile researchers in Germany invented a thin layer of gel that sits on top of a touchscreen and forms into a button while mildly heated. This would create on-demand, real feel buttons.
We also recommend you read up on the efforts the EU is taking to keep its citizens personal information off of U.S. servers. That’ll be hard, guys.
And for an artistic break, be sure to enjoy the cars timed to represent musical phrases in this video.
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