• Here we investigate whether auditory and tactile stimuli can influence binocular rivalry generated by interocular temporal conflict in human subjects. (jneurosci.org)
  • Auditory and tactile stimulation both interacted with binocular rivalry by promoting dominance of the congruent visual stimulus. (jneurosci.org)
  • However, when auditory and tactile stimuli that were too weak on their own to bias binocular rivalry were combined, their influence over vision was very strong, suggesting the auditory and tactile temporal signals combined to influence vision. (jneurosci.org)
  • Similarly, interleaving discrete pulses of auditory and tactile stimuli also promoted dominance of the visual stimulus congruent with the supramodal frequency. (jneurosci.org)
  • When auditory and tactile stimuli were presented at maximum strength, but in antiphase, they had no influence over vision for low temporal frequencies, a null effect again suggesting audio-tactile combination. (jneurosci.org)
  • These results show that auditory and tactile temporal processing is functionally linked, suggesting a common neural substrate for the two sensory modalities and that at low temporal frequencies visual activity can be synchronized by a congruent cross-modal signal in a frequency-selective way, suggesting the existence of a supramodal temporal binding mechanism. (jneurosci.org)
  • Poor visual temporal resolution relative to tactile and auditory domains could create difficulties for binding temporal signals from a single multisensory stimulus. (jneurosci.org)
  • Patients cannot comprehend words or recognize auditory, visual, or tactile symbols. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Audio tactile maps or graphic tablets are interactive devices. (wikipedia.org)
  • This project, initiated in 2011 by Dr. Miele, applies research from Smith-Kettlewell's Smartpen-Based Audio/Tactile Graphics research project to address unmet wayfinding needs related to public transit: improving orientation by people with visual disabilities in and around unfamiliar transit stations. (ski.org)
  • To address this important need around independent travel, Smith-Kettlewell's Miele Lab assisted the San Francisco LightHouse in obtaining funding for, and development of, an innovative set of audio/tactile station maps for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system. (ski.org)
  • ANN ARBOR, Mich. , Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NewHaptics, an innovative tactile display technology company, announced it has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). (prnewswire.com)
  • This tactile map is produced by simply attaching objects to a substrate to represent different items or symbols. (wikipedia.org)
  • All features on the maps have distinct tactile and visual symbols, developed in a user-centered iterative process with project partners and transit stakeholders, including transit riders with visual disabilities, orientation and mobility professionals, teachers of the visually impaired, and outside tactile graphics experts. (ski.org)
  • The Mini Tactile Pro's laser-etched keys will retain their symbols even after lengthy use, and the sculpted shape helps keep your fingers centered without slipping. (bhphotovideo.com)
  • In order to non-visual representation of the clusters of surroundings obstacles detected by a 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) infrared camera, a portable pin-matrix display with a matrix of 30 x 32 pins is employed and a pre-designed set of tactile obstacle symbols is used to render the properties of obstacles (e.g., type, size). (sigaccess.org)
  • A set of tactile map symbols rendered with the raised and lowered pins, has been designed for rendering various map features. (sigaccess.org)
  • The proposed approaches about non-visual representation of obstacles and map features by tactile symbols on pin-matrix displays, will contribute to the fields of accessible tactile graphic well, especially in the coming era of affordable pin-matrix displays. (sigaccess.org)
  • Using BOLD fMRI imaging, we sought to decipher if the SC is also active during reaching movements guided by tactile stimulation. (bvsalud.org)
  • When contrasted against visual and tactile stimulation without reaching, we found increased SC activity with reaching not only for visual but also for tactile targets. (bvsalud.org)
  • Our findings suggest that the synergy between sensory afferents and nociceptors conveys more information about tactile stimuli which in turn leads to the robustness of the proposed neuromorphic system against damage to the taxels or afferents. (nature.com)
  • One of the main functions of the somatosensory system is to respond to the various types of tactile stimuli 1 . (nature.com)
  • The Merkel cells and Ruffini endings are labeled as slowly adapting (SA) and respond to the sustained tactile stimuli. (nature.com)
  • Indeed, activation of tactile afferents spatially encodes the contact stimuli and sends the tactile information to the upper layers of the somatosensory pathway. (nature.com)
  • They convey the tactile stimuli to the spinal cord leading to the perception of a painful experience 6 . (nature.com)
  • Modified Braille embossers can also be used to produce tactile paper maps. (wikipedia.org)
  • These maps are designed specifically for those who can read braille and have had no previous interaction with tactile maps. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is the third SBIR award received by NewHaptics to date, and supports the company's development of novel tactile display technology for a low-cost multiline refreshable braille display for the blind. (prnewswire.com)
  • Unlike the state-of-the-art technology for existing refreshable braille displays, NewHaptics' technology can scale up to a large-area display supporting a grid of thousands of small tightly-packed tactile dots. (prnewswire.com)
  • Like pixels on a computer screen, the dots can be selectively raised and lowered to render multiple lines of braille and tactile graphics in real time on the surface of the device. (prnewswire.com)
  • The company has its roots in the "Holy Braille Project" funded by the National Science Foundation that focused on developing novel technology to enable the creation of a large-area tactile display for the blind. (prnewswire.com)
  • These mechanoreceptors are innervated by the first-order neurons of the tactile pathway. (nature.com)
  • Here we use intracellular recordings in somatosensory cortex (SI) neurons of anesthetized rats to show that remote, subthreshold intracortical electrical perturbation can impact such constraints on the responses to a set of spatiotemporal tactile input patterns. (lu.se)
  • Nokia, Carnegie Mellon, and Senseg are working on tactile touchscreen solutions, but they all revolve around perception. (phonearena.com)
  • It's also a way to solve the problem of deciding between a touchscreen keyboard and a tactile one. (r-tt.com)
  • Flashcards for practicing the lifeline tactile signals with the miners at your mine. (cdc.gov)
  • Tactile graphics, including tactile pictures, tactile diagrams, tactile maps, and tactile graphs, are images that use raised surfaces so that a visually impaired person can feel them. (wikipedia.org)
  • Electronic tactile talking touch pad instruments use Macromedia Flash software with audio files to convey information to the blind or visually impaired user. (wikipedia.org)
  • To allow blind and visually impaired people to acquire information on environmental accessibility, besides a traditional web browser client and a popular smart phone client, an audio-haptic client on a tactile display with 7200 pins is developed. (sigaccess.org)
  • Outdoor tactile paving guides the visually impaired to the entrances of the SOL building. (lu.se)
  • It turned out that there was no such policy -- simply a strongly reinforced culture that frowned on any form of tactile behavior. (industryweek.com)
  • Under the terms of the agreement, Tactile Medical has acquired the rights to a portfolio of 31 issued and pending patents. (globenewswire.com)
  • We are pleased to expand our intellectual property portfolio with the addition of Wright Therapy Products' innovative patents for pneumatic compression device technology," said Gerald R. Mattys, Chief Executive Officer of Tactile Medical. (globenewswire.com)
  • Tactile touchscreens , if you haven't heard of them, are touchscreens on which you can perceive texture, rather than just the flat keyboard. (phonearena.com)
  • The Matias Tactile Pro is made by a mysterious entity called The Keyboard Company but is branded as Matias. (pcper.com)
  • The Keyboard Company has just started to bring in the Matias Tactile Pro and has lots of stock for potential enthusiast buyers. (pcper.com)
  • Miss Your Old Tactile Keyboard? (r-tt.com)
  • Some smartphone users love the feel of a tactile keyboard. (r-tt.com)
  • In the world of microfluidic keyboards, you can have your smooth smartphone screen and a tactile keyboard too. (r-tt.com)
  • In the future, you may not have to choose between a smartphone with a virtual keyboard and one that has a tactile keyboard. (r-tt.com)
  • Small enough to take on the go and complete enough to use at home, the white Matias Mini Tactile Pro Keyboard for Mac is a convenient choice for comfort and travel. (bhphotovideo.com)
  • Just like an Apple keyboard, the Mini Tactile Pro's function keys let you control screen brightness, volume, iTunes, and more. (bhphotovideo.com)
  • In Tactile Quartet(s) , Vera Tussing builds on her longstanding choreographic practice in exploring the sensory potentialities of the audience. (stuk.be)
  • As shown by studies in Cupiennius salei (Ctenidae), a Central American wandering spider (Barth 2002, 2008) (Figure 1 ), which has attained particular importance as an exemplary spider in a number of international laboratories, these tactile hairs are surprisingly well "designed" to serve their particular sensory purpose. (scholarpedia.org)
  • Each one has unique tactile options for sensory development and play. (specialneedstoys.com)
  • From the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Accessibility, the dissertation focuses on enhancing blind people's capabilities of acquisition of spatial environmental information from tactile displays. (sigaccess.org)
  • Created to accommodate more design flexibility, a high-operating, low-profile right-angle-mount tactile switch has a special bracket for right angle mounting. (electronicdesign.com)
  • The JB right angle tactile switch has a maximum power level of 125 mA at 24 Vdc. (electronicdesign.com)
  • Through-hole tactile switch from MEC rated to IP67 with a black round actuator 15mm high. (rapidonline.com)
  • As they play, the musicians engage in one-on-one tactile encounters with the audience, creating physical interaction. (stuk.be)
  • Have we become so paranoid about harassment lawsuits and political correctness that we have forgotten that organizations are clusters of individual humans who are so inherently tactile that we will die without oxygen, nutrition, information, caring interaction, and touch -- these last two being expressions of love? (industryweek.com)
  • The Company's patented tactile display technology enables the creation of a compact, portable, and large-area tactile "screen. (prnewswire.com)
  • The substrate for tactile maps is a very important attribute, since different materials can enhance or reduce legibility and durability. (wikipedia.org)
  • These soft systems are capable of a variety of interesting bio-mimetic capabilities motivated herein, but perhaps the most interesting is the ability to perform "soft tactile distributed logic" in which the soft materials are themselves the active player in decision-making. (nature.com)
  • Do Carmo became interested in tactile mapping after working in the Laboratory of Geography Education and Teaching Materials of the Department of Geography of the School of Philosophy, Literature and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo. (tomtom.com)
  • As her interest in tactile mapping grew, she participated in a project alongside researchers from Chile, Argentina and Brazil, aimed at producing tactile materials about Latin America. (tomtom.com)
  • Flat topped elongated bars, Tactile Directional Indicators are required in Canada and in currently several states in the U.S. TDI's / GuideStrip are liquid plastic, surface applied, nonskid, seamless (never any caulking required), manufactured on site on existing and new surfaces, following every contour of the surface with a full 5 year warranty on materials and labor. (roadsbridges.com)
  • Tactile graphics can be seen as a subset of accessible images. (wikipedia.org)
  • One of the most common uses for tactile graphics is the production of tactile maps. (wikipedia.org)
  • American Thermoform a leader in Tactile Graphics offers the Swell Form Tactile Graphics Machine and related supplies. (americanthermoform.com)
  • A vibrating mouse or other force feedback devices can be adapted to turn any visual software generated map into a hybrid tactile map. (wikipedia.org)
  • Technological advancements in prosthesis design and control mechanisms assist amputees to regain lost function but often they have no meaningful tactile feedback or perception. (nature.com)
  • No larger than a novel, the front of the e-reader is designed for the reader's eyes, while the back features a signature "quilted" back shell designed to create a pleasurable, tactile memory for the hands. (ideo.com)
  • Tactile maps began appearing in a variety of formats - from maps which relied on embossed topical features and raised Roman typeface, to ones that were made from a thick board and then glued onto another board, so that the roads and streets were elevated. (tomtom.com)
  • One of the main features of biological tactile afferents is that their distal axon branches in the skin, creating complex receptive fields. (nature.com)
  • MINNEAPOLIS, June 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. ("Tactile Medical") (Nasdaq:TCMD), a medical technology company focused on developing medical devices for the treatment of chronic diseases at home, today announced that it has signed a purchase agreement with Wright Therapy Products, Inc. (globenewswire.com)
  • Ink-jet tactile maps are made by layering a specially designed ink. (wikipedia.org)
  • The materiality of control panels, and the peculiar layouts of their buttons, potentiometers, etc., have always made an aesthetic statement as well as a tactile experience, a gym for the fingers, exercise in tailoring precision movements to the variable surface tension of painted alloys and plastics. (metafilter.com)
  • The types and forms of tactile maps began with the oldest and most rudimentary or a mixed media format. (wikipedia.org)
  • More recent tactile maps are produced by computers through different means such as an ink-jet printers. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thermoform is one of the most common methods of producing tactile maps. (wikipedia.org)
  • tactile maps have a formula as well. (wikipedia.org)
  • Typical tactile elevations: Thermoformed maps usually have an elevation of at least 1mm. (wikipedia.org)
  • Zoom maps are a recently developed tactile map. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the past, some studies have suggested that tactile maps are useless to blind people, though this was debunked, and tactile maps have become more commonly accepted. (tomtom.com)
  • Indeed, the first thing she noted: while tactile maps were designed primarily for blind and partially sighted people, "they should be used by everyone, enabling multisensory and inclusive learning. (tomtom.com)
  • As do Carmo tells us, "Tactile maps have been handcrafted and individually produced since the 19th century. (tomtom.com)
  • Tactile maps, designed to teach blind children were then popularized by K.R Klemm, a superintendent at blind schools in Ohio. (tomtom.com)
  • During the 18th and 19th centuries, and even part of the 20th century, almost all tactile geographic maps were handcrafted and used to teach blind children," do Carmo says. (tomtom.com)
  • Eventually, modern technology came into play and tactile maps could be created using machines. (tomtom.com)
  • These maps provided well-designed tactile and high-contrast visual maps of each of 44 BART stations, including layers for platform, concourse, and surrounding streets and station entrances. (ski.org)
  • I'm looking for more 'toy' items for my home- pleasingly tactile, not messy, not obviously kidlike (no fluorescent plastic). (metafilter.com)
  • This paper presents a theoretical framework for the design of tactile sensing fixtures for robotics and manufacturing. (nist.gov)
  • Slimline design of our Tactile Columns make these perfect for smaller spaces with big tactile experiences. (specialneedstoys.com)
  • Note to Building Product Manufacturers: Our goal is to include all Tactile Signage manufacturers who are providing building product information in the Sweets Network. (construction.com)
  • And thanks to Anti-Ghosting Circuitry, no matter how fast you type, the Mini Tactile Pro can keep up without ghosting - no letters missing, and no additional letters that you didn't type. (bhphotovideo.com)
  • A small set of components, rather than thousands of individual parts, support enough dots for a large-area tactile screen in a low-profile form factor. (prnewswire.com)
  • The last tactile smartphone has gone flat screen. (r-tt.com)
  • It's an expensive hobby, but mechanical keyboards - particularly building your own - are how you get back to a place where interacting with a computer becomes a tactile, physical joy. (metafilter.com)
  • There's a tactile intimacy that you can only get with physical formats, that's the motivation behind this project. (tuvie.com)
  • Below you will find links to company and product information for manufacturers and suppliers listed in the Tactile Signage section of Sweets. (construction.com)
  • The vast majority of these hairs is innervated and serving a tactile function, the major exception being the non-innervated short yellowish plume hairs of adult spiders. (scholarpedia.org)
  • Vera Tussing and Quatuor MP4 pick up their work on the performance Tactile Quartet(s) , which has been postponed twice due to COVID-19. (stuk.be)
  • Super stylish Tactile Circles are perfect for one-on-one work. (specialneedstoys.com)
  • In the present study, we propose a bio-inspired tactile system with a population of 23 digital afferents: 12 RA-I, 6 SA-I, and 5 nociceptors. (nature.com)
  • Three USB 2.0 ports on the Mini Tactile Pro expand functionality, allowing you to plug in flash drives, digital cameras, a mouse, or other peripherals. (bhphotovideo.com)
  • To test the performance of the proposed neuromorphic chip in sharpness detection, a robotic system with three-degree of freedom equipped with the tactile sensor indents the 3D-printed objects. (nature.com)
  • Meissner corpuscles, Merkel cells, Ruffini endings, and Pacinian corpuscles are the primary skin mechanoreceptors that transmit tactile information to the upper layers of the nervous system. (nature.com)
  • A friendly, tactile experience approximating holding and reading a paperback book. (ideo.com)
  • These in turn connect to indoor tactile flooring. (lu.se)
  • Participants reading a short text from Pippi Longstocking and feeling a tactile image of a face. (lu.se)
  • Tactile Medical is a leader in developing and marketing at-home therapy devices that treat chronic swelling conditions such as lymphedema and chronic venous insufficiency. (globenewswire.com)
  • There, she met Professor Regina Araujo de Almeida - one of the foremost experts in tactile mapping, who has worked in the field since 1989. (tomtom.com)
  • The effect is that of "conducting" musical phrases and forms in a very tactile, visceral and enjoyable way. (we-make-money-not-art.com)