A flexible electronic skin stacks carbon nanotube layers to sense touch position and pressure simultaneously, performing classification through its physical structure rather than external processors. ...

Research says that our health can suffer when we don’t experience enough physical contact. Here’s how to get more. Credit...Vanessa Saba Supported by By Christina Caron Allora Dannon, 35, an author ...

President Trump acknowledged in an interview on Wednesday that his administration could use a “softer touch” on immigration when asked what he learned from the fallout over the handling of the federal ...

If you’ve ever found yourself scrolling through a particularly infuriating thread of comments online, you might have come across someone interjecting with some version of the words “touch grass.” This ...

Researchers at China’s Tsinghua University’s Shenzhen International Graduate School have developed a next-generation tactile sensor called SuperTac. The project involved collaboration with multiple ...

This all-purpose presence sensor is a master at monitoring indoor activity and linking it to smart home features you already use. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and ...

Aqara has announced the Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400, a new presence sensor that it says is precise enough to suss out whether you’re sitting, standing, or lying down. The FP400 builds on several past ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate cluttered spaces, and sort thousands of parcels an hour. But ask a robot to touch ...

Lexus has an interesting steering wheel button setup where there are two thumbpads on the spokes, unlabeled, that can be shifted between functions (like the shift key on your computer, not shifting ...

The patent is dubbed “Electronic Device With An Under-Display Sensor.” Fingerprint sensing and matching is widely used as a reliable technique for personal identification or verification. Apple says ...

The Venus flytrap possesses sensory hairs that detect prey via touch stimuli. Bending of the sensory hair trigger Ca 2+ and electrical signals that propagate to the leaf blade. Saitama, Japan: Plants ...

Enterprise professionals using a MacBook Pro equipped with a Touch Bar may already have noticed that Apple’s latest Mac software update, macOS Tahoe, is reportedly breaking the feature. Almost four ...