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Giving Technology the Human Touch- Skin Integrated Haptic Interfaces for (Epidermal) VR
AR and VR technologies already exploit the auditory and visual senses very effectively but one could argue that one sense yet to be fully employed in the immersive experiences simulated using these technologies is that of touch. There are controller options available that offer some sense of haptic feedback but this is not nearly as […]
Wireless Sensors
Original post by Graeme Harkness on July 30, 2018. For the past 5 or 6 years we have been trying to gather enough sensors to outfit our biology, chemistry and physics labs. Sensors can detect properties such as CO2/ O2 concentration, pressure, temperature, pH, light absorbance and much more. The problem is the sensors are […]
Mobile Literacy- eBooks & AudioBooks
Originally posted by Carri-Ann Scott on February 10, 2019. My focus for this assignment was mobile literacy, particularly eBooks and their AudioBook cousins. I am interested to see if, as an educator, I can use the fact that my students are already tech-savvy in Kindergarten to get them hooked on reading and what benefits the advent of […]
Humane Technology
A little inspired by one of the Frontier Poll posts (Experience design) along with one of the comments I read to one of the discussion posts this week that mentioned the extremely difficult task of maintaining balance when using mobile technology (think how many times you are distracted from your work when your phones buzzes […]
Hi Everyone!
Hi to all of you I already know from previous courses and to new colleagues. My name is Carla and like Jamie, I’m from South Africa. I have been searching for a nice picture to post here for what has felt like at least 20 minutes and I’m afraid I couldn’t find anything. I feel […]