Bits and pieces of November 2011

How to Make Fake Buttons Feel Real, link
MIT Technology review from researchers in Tampere, Finland, highlights that users prefer virtual buttons that have real-world buttons characteristics.

Haptic feedback design guidelines from Nokia, link
Nice table showing tactile feedback effects name + description. It also suggests how haptic feedback fits in multimodal notifications.

FingerFlux: Near-surface Haptic Feedback on Tabletops, from Media Computing Group at Aachen university, link
Presented at UIST’11.

Haptic Intelligentsia, Bringing Craftsmanship Into a Computerized Technology, from Joong Han Lee, link

Haptic interfaces presentation from Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, UPenn page

Haptic Hand Prototype – pluck pinch and scrub, youtube video
Prototype with a motorized slider to pluck a string model in PD.

The Beginner’s PID and Arduino PID Library, link
A very thorough introduction to PID control with Arduino. Nice details about loop speed and interrupts.

Designing Haptics in Mobile Applications
Join David Birnbaum, Immersion’s senior user experience researcher, for a discussion of what makes a compelling haptic experience and how to create one for your product.