Humans can detect buried objects without touching them, sensing faint pressure ripples in sand. Scientists are calling this ...

The human fingertip is an exquisitely sensitive instrument for perceiving objects in our environment via the sense of touch. A team of Chinese scientists has mimicked the underlying perceptual ...

The first time a fingertip meets VoxeLite, the feeling is strangely familiar. The surface under your finger is flat and smooth, yet your skin reports ridges, bumps and even the drag of a rough fabric.

A new bandage-like device allows people to "feel" textures through touchscreens. The soft, stretchable material wraps around a fingertip to give digital touch the same realism people now expect from ...

In a nutshell: It has long been known that electromagnetic fields (EMF) can do some wonky things to electronic devices. Recently, scientists have attempted to determine whether they can manipulate an ...

It's the first sensation we feel, our most primal connection to others. Can implants and electrical signaling replicate the experience of touch? Research teams are exploring the possibilities—with ...