I was inspired by a sermon preached last week by our pastor. He talked about the five senses. He finally ended on the sense of touch being different than all the rest of the senses because it is not ...

This improved motion and touch sensing would allow SCI patients to regain autonomy and ownership over their paralyzed limbs and more easily control them while completing tasks in their everyday lives.

Even before we are born and begin experiencing the sensations of daily life — a soft shirt on our arms, for example, or a hard tabletop under our fingertips — humans begin to form the senses needed to ...

On most mornings, Jeremy D. Brown eats an avocado. But first, he gives it a little squeeze. A ripe avocado will yield to that pressure, but not too much. Brown also gauges the fruit’s weight in his ...

Language allows humans to convey thoughts and ideas—it is a central means of communication. However, language also influences ...

Creativity coach Molly Ovenden is encouraging us to get in touch with our senses this Summer. “We’re excited that the sun is actually shining, and there’s green grass. We’re engaging some of our ...

When someone injures a nerve in a body part such as a finger, it's not uncommon for that part to end up with a permanently decreased sense of touch. A self-powered implantable sensor, however, could ...

In the pandemic era, many of us have endured prolonged periods of social isolation. Unable to touch or be touched by our loved ones, we resigned ourselves to more distant means of communication ...

There are already a number of experimental prosthetic hands that provide users with the tactile sensation of touching an object. The MiniTouch system takes things further, as it allows users to sense ...

MILPITAS, Calif., March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lumissil Microsystems expanded its automotive MCU portfolio with the introduction of the IS32CS8976 and IS32CS8978 family of AEC-Q100 general ...

A demonstration of GelSight’s ability to detect texture. Robots have become increasingly advanced over the past decade, and are found everywhere from warehouses to surgery theaters. But if robots are ...