The word haptic, from the Greek: ἁπτικός (haptikos), means “pertaining to the sense of touch” and comes from the Greek verb ἅπτεσθαι haptesthai, meaning “to contact” or “to touch”.
Haptic technology will be more remarkable than any breakthrough in the past technology
Haptic technology will change the way we live and interact with technology in the future. As mobile devices to act more like an extension of our body, so that the connected smart devices will act as an extension of our environments, allowing us to control the world around us in a unimaginable way.
Managing challenges through financial networks
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Smartphone can be used as a spectrometer
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Digital Hazard Prevention for Cobotic Workstations
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Oil & Gas Automation and Digitalization Conference 2021
OGAD2021 creates an Opportunities to boost Profitability and Strategies to Maximize Efficiencies in Oil and Gas Production. This conference brings together key players of the oil & gas industry, to ...
Artificial Lift Summit 2021
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5th IoT Global Innovation Forum
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Machine learning accelerate to discover new advanced materials
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EU funding for cross-border regions needs better focus
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Long-term vision for rural areas
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€1.2 billion of EU funding in support of collaborative defence research and development projects
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New e-commerce rules in the EU
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EIC fund invest more than €500 million to scale up breakthrough innovations
The European Commission has announced the second round of direct equity investment through the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund. Since its launch in 2020, the EIC Fund has now approved ...
