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.

Regenerative medicine: from new insights to new applications

Specific Challenge: Regenerative medicine offers hope for untreatable disease and the ageing population, improved quality of life and reduced medical costs. However, so far, regenerative medicine has not yet proved ...
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Microfluidic chip for analysis of single cells

A few little cells that are different from the rest can have a big effect. For example, individual cancer cells may be resistant to a specific chemotherapy—causing a relapse in ...
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Why trust should play a crucial part in the development of intelligent machines for medical therapies

In future decades the need for effective strategies for medical rehabilitation will increase significantly, because patients’ rate of survival after diseases with severe functional deficits, such as a stroke, will ...
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Transitioning to automated flight systems generate new flight paths over populated areas

Health costs associated with noise from changing flight patterns over populated urban landscapes far outweigh the benefits of reduced flight times, according to a new study conducted at Columbia University‘s ...
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Skyrmions pave the way to new data storage

Nanosized magnetic particles called skyrmions are considered highly promising candidates for new data storage and information technologies. Now, physicists have revealed new behaviour involving the antiparticle equivalent of skyrmions in ...
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The 4th GCC OTS Forum and Industrial cyber security workshop

The "4th  GCC Operational Technology  Security Forum and Industrial cyber Security Workshop “ which will be held on the  25th - 29th  November 2018 in Al Khobar ,Saudi Arabia. The ...
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Autonomous Vehicle World Congress China 2018

In April 2018, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued‘ Intelligent & Connected Vehicles Road Test Management Regulation', ...
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Bluetooth World 2018

Discover how Bluetooth innovations will solve the world’s challenges, large and small, and make our world a better, safer, and smarter place. Learn more about how Bluetooth mesh networking and ...
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How to determine the photocatalytic effectiveness of surfaces more accurately and quickly

In combination with the right materials, sunbeams can work wonders: they clean building facades and decompose pollutants from the air or in the water. The magic word is photocatalysis. In ...
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FOCUS ON THE FUTURE OF SPACE TRANSPORTATION: ESA’S CALL FOR IDEAS

ESA is calling for ideas that will shape the future of space transportation services – to space, in space and returning from space. “The changing world we live in requires ...
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Research and innovation network of governmental users of secure satellite communications

Specific Challenge: Satellite communications is an important tool for public authorities active in domains such as border surveillance and management, crisis and disaster management, detecting and monitoring forest fires, monitoring ...
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EU Fund CALL – Optimising manufacturing and system operation

Specific Challenge: Renewable electricity technologies still require optimisation in several key processes of the respective value chains in order to achieve a more efficient conversion of their primary energy source ...
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