The Digital Innovation Facility a new multi-million facility officially opens at the University of Liverpool

The University of Liverpool’s Digital Innovation Facility (DIF), a £12.7 million Centre of Excellence in emerging digital technologies, was offically opened by the Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotheram, alongside tech entrepreneur and visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool, Sir Robin Saxby. Located on the University city centre campus, the DIF provides a Read more about The Digital Innovation Facility a new multi-million facility officially opens at the University of Liverpool[…]

Internet of Skills enabling real-time transmission of haptic sensation

In the future, human skills will be digitalised and democratised via the Internet of Skills: a future internet that will enable you to use robot technology and haptic feedback to transfer expertise in real time, no matter where you are, and no matter where the problem to be solved is. For example, imagine a highly Read more about Internet of Skills enabling real-time transmission of haptic sensation[…]

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Use of forecasting haptic feedback to overcome distance limit in human-to-machine applications

A Tactile Internet is potentially the next phase of the Internet of Things, in which humans can touch and interact with remote or virtual objects while experiencing realistic haptic feedback. A team of researchers led by Elaine Wong at the University of Melbourne, Australia, developed a method for enhancing haptic feedback experiences in human-to-machine applications Read more about Use of forecasting haptic feedback to overcome distance limit in human-to-machine applications[…]