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Hmmm. For a long time I've been thinking of some sort of actuator that would let me "feel" one bit (zero/one), without looking at it or hearing it, but purely t
by ggambetta 7y ago
Hmmm. For a long time I've been thinking of some sort of actuator that would let me "feel" one bit (zero/one), without looking at it or hearing it, but purely tactile. Maybe this is it - something pressing or not pressing against, say, my arm. Any other ideas?
- sp332 7y agoMaybe a vibration motor, like the North Paw kit. https://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/ https://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/ https://www.quinnnorton.com/said/?p=107 https://www.quinnnorton.com/said/?p=107
- ggambetta 7y agoThat's exactly the kind of application I had in mind :D
- yummypaint 7y agoHow about small cheap 5v relays? They can be had for a few dimes each and can be cut into to reveal the moving parts. Even tiny ones have a surprising amount of force. One might be able to connect to the innards to make an array of binary actuators that could rest against skin. It would probably be hard to beat the power efficiency.
- ggambetta 7y agoGreat idea, that might work. Thanks!
- zrobotics 7y agoLook into braille peripherals, this is roughly how they work. A relay-sized solenoid pushes a selected pin up so the user can read the letter by feel. Obnoxiously overpriced, just like screen reader software, but there are Cots products that do what you are looking for.
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- VectorLock 7y agoA solenoid.