Force transduction materials for human-technology interfaces

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 630-638

  Fletcher, R ^a,b,c,d  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^b MIT

^c Media Lab

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FORCE CONTROL; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTRONIC POLYMERS; FORCE TRANSDUCERS; HUMAN TECHNOLOGY INTERFACES;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0030411998     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.353.0630     Document Type: Article

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