Existing haptic feedback technology has limitations for people with disabilities. The patch can enhance user experiences in virtual reality and improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities, ...

When Daniel Belquer was first asked to join a team to make a better live music experience for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, he was struck by how they had developed work-arounds to enjoy concerts.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Drexel universities say that adding haptics—an artificial sense of touch—to upper limb prostheses reduces the mental effort required to operate the device, bringing ...