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haptic interface

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Communicating with the computer via some tactile method. Haptic devices sense some form of finger, hand, head or body movement.

(interface, hardware)haptic interface - A touch interface to a computer that provides feedback, such as a data glove.
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Haptic interfaces allow users to feel various data components that lend themselves to touch or heat sensations.
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Luckily, a device called the Phantom Haptic Interface invented by SenSable Technologies of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will give you the odd sensation of touching something you can see but can't actually touch.
FUTURE DIGS 2001 by CANNNELL, MICHAEL / Science World
For a mere $19,500, consumers can buy a personal haptic interface device known as PHANToM.
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