Tactile displays: Overview and recent advances

Displays

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-194

  Chouvardas, V G ^a   Miliou, A N ^a   Hatalis, M K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

MEMS; Tactation; Tactile communication; Tactile displays; Tangible interface

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MEMS; MICROACTUATORS;

TACTILE COMMUNICATION; TACTILE DISPLAYS;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

EID: 41449112802     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2007.07.003     Document Type: Review

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