Showing posts with label Haptic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haptic. Show all posts

Monday, 26 March 2012

Vibrating steering wheels: the future of sat-nav?

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Satellite navigation is a godsend, preventing millions of us from getting lost, or getting us out of a motorway-shaped pickle when we do lose our way. The only problem is sometimes having to take your eyes off the road when using them. An alternative dreamt up by researchers uses vibrating steering wheels to signal direction through the wheel using haptic feedback. It could the future of sat-nav.