Nano opto-mechanical systems NOMS as a proposal for tactile displays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8107, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Campo, E M ^a   Roig, J ^b   Roeder, B ^c   Wenn, D ^d   Mamojka, B ^e   Omastova, M ^f   Terentjev, E M ^g   Esteve, J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d IXscient Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union   (Slovakia)

^f INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Composites; Nano bio info cogni; NOMS; Photoactuation; Tactile displays

Indexed keywords

EVENT-RELATED BRAIN POTENTIAL; GENERAL PUBLICS; HUMAN CAPABILITY; HUMAN NEEDS; MECHANICAL ACTUATIONS; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANO-BIO-INFO-COGNI; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NOMS; OPTOMECHANICAL; PHOTOACTIVE POLYMERS; PHOTOACTUATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TACTILE DISPLAY; TACTILE PERCEPTION; WEB INTERFACE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; LIGHT SOURCES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); USER INTERFACES;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 80053476940     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.897529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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