Speaker: Jason Alexander
Title: Designing the next generation of mobile haptic interfaces

Abstract:
Haptic feedback systems exploit users' sense of touch to convey
information. This talk will describe two current research projects into
designing new haptic output systems for mobile devices. The first uses
ultrasonic air pressure waves to create mid-air vibrations on the user's
hand. This technology is then employed in a mobile haptic TV application.

The second project investigates one alternative to the flat and rigid
screens on current mobile devices. We propose a new type of display
whose components can vertically actuate and tilt. Users can then both
see and feel the information displayed, such as the terrain on a street map.

Jason Alexander is a post-doc in the Interaction and Graphics lab at the
University of Bristol, UK. Further information can be found on his
website: http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~jason/