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alfredofroylan on 30 March 2010

Take this with a huge cube of salt.

Last we heard from Artificial Muscle, the company was trying to convince hospitals, cell phone manufacturers and more that its technology -- a silicon film that expands and contracts with an applied voltage -- would provide a real sense of touch to their cold, hard touchscreens. On at least three counts, it has succeeded. The San Jose Mercury News reports that two cell phone manufacturers are planning Artificial Muscle-based products in 2011, and that an "electronics entertainment product" will be released this Christmas. The company also plans to produce 1 million of the electronic actuators per month to anticipate further demand. While the Mercury News notes that Artificial Muscle's product isn't the holy grail of haptic feedback -- the entire screen stiffens when pressed, not just the spot you touch -- its adoption means the company may have set events in motion to ultimately reach that goal.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/artificial-muscle-ramps-up-production-expect-touchscreens-tha/

What kind of "Electronic Entretainment product" could use this???



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Galaki on 30 March 2010

Hello Christmas.
Let's hang out sometime.

This thread is about the girl name Christmas, right?



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stof on 30 March 2010

eh... I think the 3DS announcement would have mentioned if they had a crazy touch screen that touches back feature. though to be honest, it doesn't even sound like a very useful tech. So what if the screen gets hard when you press it?



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O-D-C on 30 March 2010

I really really really really doubt this



manuel on 30 March 2010

Does the lady in the pic come with the 3DS?

Then I'll preorder 2.



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ClaudeLv250 on 30 March 2010
stof said:
eh... I think the 3DS announcement would have mentioned if they had a crazy touch screen that touches back feature. though to be honest, it doesn't even sound like a very useful tech. So what if the screen gets hard when you press it?

It's not unlike Nintendo to leave details under wraps for hardware. When DS was announced all anyone knew about it was that it had two screens. The touchscreen news didn't come until later.

But still, this sounds like a stretch.



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Galaki on 30 March 2010
stof said:
eh... I think the 3DS announcement would have mentioned if they had a crazy touch screen that touches back feature. though to be honest, it doesn't even sound like a very useful tech. So what if the screen gets hard when you press it?

Sold out everywhere in Japan if true.



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Roma on 30 March 2010

haha this touching the screen and getting hard stuff is funny. the first thing i thought about was a porn game :P

lol

you should have posted a hot dude as well :P



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routsounmanman on 30 March 2010
stof said:
eh... I think the 3DS announcement would have mentioned if they had a crazy touch screen that touches back feature. though to be honest, it doesn't even sound like a very useful tech. So what if the screen gets hard when you press it?

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Jumpin on 30 March 2010

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