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Re:TeslaTouch - tactile feedback from touchscreen surface by eande on Monday December 06, 2010 @11:50PM (#1978056)
Not a single statement on their website on IP. Touch screens in general is a patent mine field and it would be interesting to understand how TeslaTouch's product can differentiate or secure themselves
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Re:TeslaTouch - tactile feedback from touchscreen surface by raphman on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @06:00AM (#1978684)
TeslaTouch uses an effect that has been known since at least 1954 [1] and has been subject of some research so far. This does not mean that noone has IP on an implementation, though.

[1] Mallinckrodt, E., A. Hughes, and W. Sleator, Perception by the Skin of Electrically Induced Vibrations. Science, 1953. 118(3062): pp. 277-278. (from the academic paper on TeslaTouch)

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Re:TeslaTouch - tactile feedback from touchscreen surface by Encosia on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @12:03AM (#1978079)
> TeslaTouch was developed at Disney Research

That's a good start.

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