Depiction of the two degrees-of-freedom experimental protocols. (A) Human operator in the loop; (B) gravity-based test. In a breakthrough that propels haptic technology into new realms, a dual-rate ...

The touch screen is taking over cell phones, and soon mobile computing and even desktop computing. Both Apple and Microsoft are working on a transition to touch-enabled versions of OS X and Windows.

Editor’s note: This is the second of a four-part series on red-hot display technologies to watch in 2011. If multitouch display technology is proliferating, haptic feedback is helping to fuel the ...