Haptic Baby Monitor Gets The Wearer’s Attention

Anyone who’s ever slept through a morning’s alarm can tell you that sounds, even loud piercing ones, don’t always wake a person out of a deep sleep. Similarly, hearing a baby cry …

Smart Modular Keyboard Sports An E-ink Display And A Haptic Feedback Knob

While most people may think that a keyboard is just a board with keys, those who read Hackaday will no doubt know that there’s an infinite variety of beautiful designs to suit any use case. […

Balloons Are The User Interface Of The Future

We’ve seen all kinds of interfaces come and go over the years, from keyboards and mice to lightpens and touchscreens. Now, a group of researchers at the University of Tokyo have built a devic…

Seeing-Eye Shoes Pair Computer Vision With Haptic Feedback

Over the years, we’ve seen plenty of projects that use ultrasonic or time-of-flight sensors as object detection methods for the visually impaired. Ultrasonic sensors detect objects like sonar…