Akhil Padmanabha, a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, has spearheaded the creation of a wearable device designed to measure scratching intensity. This innovative ...

Apple has been granted a patent (number US 11720174 B2) for “electronic finger devices with charging and storage systems.” It’s one of several patents that the company has filed regarding finger ...

Apple has been granted a patent for a finger device that would allow you to control a Mac or iPad by pointing at the screen and moving your finger. This one (number 11,275,456) is dubbed ...

Like other experimental skin-scratch-detecting wearables before it (yes, there have been others), the index-finger-worn Carnegie Mellon device utilizes an accelerometer to detect the telltale finger ...

Apple is researching a finger-mounted device with an array of sensors and haptic feedback, to be used as a control device for a mixed-reality headset, according to patent filings. The patent ...

The fingernail-sized device is loaded with sensors that let users connect to other devices, according to a patent application. Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, ...

Apple is continuing to research fine details of just how smart an Apple Ring could be, and what use could be made of one for Apple AR. Apple certainly loves AR, and it will keep trying to put a ring ...

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