Technology Wearable Microphone Jammer With the increased prevalence of smart devices that monitor speech, such as Alexa and Google Assistant, microphone jamming has become an area of increasing consumer interest. However, current jammers require…
Technology Palm-Free Haptics: Full-Hand Touch Feedback for VR/AR and Wearable Interfaces Summary University of Chicago researchers have developed a wearable electro-tactile feedback technique that creates touch sensations across the palm and fingers without placing electrodes directly on the palm. By positioning…
News Patent of the Week: A Wearable Microphone Jammer to Stop Devices from Eavesdropping University of Chicago researchers have created a wearable device that disables microphones from listening in to surrounding conversation. According to the researchers, including Pedro Lopes, an assistant professor in the...
News Drug Delivery, Diagnostics, AI Applications Among 10 Projects in the Spring 2021 I-Corps Cohort Ten teams are participating in the spring 2021 cohort of the Polsky I-Corps program – a highly experiential, 7-week-long program to empower scientists, researchers, and students to test the commercial...
