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.
EU auditors call for sound financial management of COVID funds in the future
While the EU’s accounts for the 2020 financial year give “a true and fair view” and revenue was considered error-free, payments remain affected by too many errors. That is the ...
When military technologies appeared in pre-industrial societies
Peter Turchin from the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (CSH) and an interdisciplinary team of colleagues set out to test competing theories about what drove the evolution of war machines throughout ...
Infrared light sources could revolutionize molecular sensing technologies
Vanderbilt and Penn State engineers have developed a novel approach to design and fabricate thin-film infrared light sources with near-arbitrary spectral output driven by heat, along with a machine learning ...
Companies security concept for a better resilience
Companies today face a variety of increasingly complex risks. Not least the pandemic has shown how crises can pose an existential threat to companies. The FReE tool of the Fraunhofer ...
Satellites show us how solar parks can affect our climate
Scientists using satellite technologies have discovered for the first time that large scale solar parks have a cooling effect on the land surrounding them. As more countries pledge to achieve ...
GEO WEEK
Geo Week is the intersection of geospatial + the built world. The event brings together AEC Next Expo & Conference, SPAR 3D Expo & Conference and the International Lidar Mapping ...
European Commission endorses Romania’s €29.2 billion recovery and resilience plan
How did the Commission assess Romania’s recovery and resilience plan? The Commission is assessing the recovery and resilience plans based on eleven criteria set out in the Recovery and Resilience ...
WiFi can count a crowd of mobile people
Researchers in UC Santa Barbara professor Yasamin Mostofi’s lab have enabled, for the first time, counting a stationary seated crowd using WiFi signals, and without relying on people to carry a device ...
A new 3D printed vaccine patch that outperforms needle jab to boost immunity
Scientists at Stanford University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created a 3D-printed vaccine patch that provides greater protection than a typical vaccine shot. The trick is applying the vaccine ...
Why is the Commission acting to introduce a common charging solution
Innovation and rapid development of the ICT market has led to high number of devices and charging solutions. While ICT innovation is generally welcome, this has led to consumer overload ...
What Europeans think about science and technology
A new Eurobarometer survey on ‘European citizens’ knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology’ released today shows that 9 in 10 EU citizens (86%) think that the overall influence of science and ...
EU not doing enough to stimulate sustainable investments
The transition to a net-zero emission economy will require significant private and public investment, but the EU is not doing enough to channel money into sustainable activities. That is the ...
