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Haptics
Stories containing inventions related to Haptics, tracing similar ideas across companies and years through patent drawings.
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Companies · Nike
Shoes That Tighten, Clothes That Teach: 8 Nike Patents for Wearable Machines
Stimulus-responsive garment textiles, gesture-controlled footwear, image-displaying surfaces, haptic apparel, magnetic fasteners, cooling garments, multi-pressure air soles, and heated footwear: eight Nike patents that push clothes and shoes toward becoming machines.
Things · Clothing
When Clothing Becomes the Interface: Patents for the Future of What We Wear
Self-lacing shoes, touch-sensitive fabric, wearable airbags, heating and cooling garments, ECG shirts, haptic VR vests, inflatable jackets, OLED clothing, cable-adjusted support wear and shoes with tunable stiffness. Ten patents that turn clothing into an active interface around the body.
Companies · Meta
When the Body Becomes the Interface: 10 Meta Patents
A VR headset that reconstructs your face for people outside, virtual objects you can feel, an EMG wristband, ultrasound face tracking, predicted avatar legs, physical keyboard tracking and electrodes in the ear. Ten Meta patents that turn the body and the physical world into the computer interface.
Companies · Microsoft
Microsoft Patents Put Interfaces on the Body and Around the Room
A ring that reads finger bends, forearm EMG as an input device, a fluid-stiffening haptic glove, a holographic keyboard, tiny robots that let you touch virtual objects, and a folding display. Ten Microsoft US patent publications in which the boundary of input and output keeps moving.