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Published Date: June 6, 1997
Company Name: SensAble Technologies Inc.
Address: 26 Landsdowne St.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Main Telephone
Number: (617) 621-0150
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.sensable.com
Chief Technical
Officer: Thomas Massie
President &
Chief Financial
Officer &
Investor Relations
Contact: Bill Aulet
Business number: (617) 621-0150
Public Relations
Contact: Greta Green
Business number: (617) 621-0150
Industry: Computer/Hi-Tech
Company description: SensAble Technologies was formed in 1993 to commercialize, manufacture and advance computer interfaces which allow users to reach "through the looking glass Looking Glass - A desktop manager for Unix from Visix. " of computer monitors. Just as a computer mouse provides the ability to point, a haptic interface Communicating with the computer via some tactile method. Haptic devices sense some form of finger, hand, head or body movement. (interface, hardware) haptic interface - A touch interface to a computer that provides feedback, such as a data glove. brings the sense of 3-D Touch to the human/computer interaction. Today's typical computer interactions consist of one-way devices such as output from a monitor screen or input via a keyboard or mouse. A haptics Dealing with the sense of touch. See haptic interface. (interface) haptics - The science of applying tactile sensation to human interaction with computers. Haptics Community. device provides both input and touch feedback, enabling users to touch and grasp virtual objects. The PHANToM Haptic Interface makes it possible for users to touch and manipulate manipulate To cause a security to sell at an artificial price. Although investment bankers are permitted to manipulate temporarily the stock they underwrite, most other forms of manipulation are illegal. virtual objects. It is unique in that it offers realistic 3-D Touch, the ability to feel the physical properties of 3-D objects, with much higher fidelity at much lower cost than previous force feedback devices. Current and future applications for the PHANToM include CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. , Entertainment and Animation & Medicine. GHOST (General Haptics Open Software Toolkit) is an objected-oriented, C++ productivity toolkit providing haptic haptic /hap·tic/ (hap´tik) tactile. hap·tic adj. Of or relating to the sense of touch; tactile. haptic tactile. objects and properties to software developers and researchers. GHOST SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). allows new and existing applications to incorporate 3-D Touch with unprecedented ease. CONTACT: SensAble Technologies Inc. |
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