Navigation Links
Wearable Sensors Conceived at Harvard Robotics Lab Measure Hand Forces
Date:7/1/2008

FingerTPS(TM) Put Comfortable Tactile Sensors at Your Fingertips, Literally

LOS ANGELES, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Pressure Profile Systems, Inc. (PPS) today announces their innovative new wireless FingerTPS(TM) (Finger Tactile Pressure Sensing) system for immediate sale worldwide. FingerTPS sensors are soft, flexible sensors worn on the hand that transmit accurate, repeatable tactile force data to a PC via wireless Bluetooth connection. FingerTPS tactile data with integrated video provides a complete representation of user interaction with tools, sports equipment, new product designs, or medical applications.

"The FingerTPS concept was originally funded by DARPA research grants to capture the forces of a skilled surgeon for developing virtual surgical simulation systems. After a decade of numerous iterations, we finally have a system that is easy to use," said Dr. Jae Son, CEO of PPS.

The wireless FingerTPS system was unveiled to the public at the IVR Industrial Virtual Reality Expo in Tokyo, Japan on June 25-27, 2008. "The wireless capability and the simple, one-touch calibration were the most exciting features among attending engineers and researchers from hundreds of leading firms," said David Ables, CTO of PPS.

FingerTPS was recently featured in programming on the National Geographic Channel and Fox Sports Net. Episodes of "SportScience" and "FightScience" called on PPS and industry experts to scientifically explain the performance of world-class athletes including NFL hall of fame receiver Jerry Rice, NBA sharpshooter Jason Kapono, and Mixed Martial Arts legend Randy Coture.

"For elite athletes like Jerry Rice or Jason Kapono, their hands are their livelihood, and they readily grasped how real-time tactile data could help evaluate and improve their performance," explained Ables.

FingerTPS systems start at $4,995 for a single-hand system with two sensors that are available in multiple sizes in specialized shapes for fin
'/>"/>

SOURCE Pressure Profile Systems, Inc.
Copyright©2008 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. New gas sensors for monitoring carbon dioxide sinks
2. New cell-based sensors sniff out danger like bloodhounds
3. Louisiana Tech researchers investigate tracking, sensors to assist Air Force
4. New discoveries from Harvard and Baylor get to the heart of cardiovascular disease
5. Jeremy Jackson honored by Harvard Museum of Natural History
6. Harvard researchers publish MRI images of genes in action in the living brain
7. BASF and Harvard University announce extensive research collaboration
8. Research measures movement of nanomaterials in simple model food chain
9. How can we measure the emotional states of animals?
10. Fast AFM probes measure multiple properties of biomolecules or materials simultaneously
11. LDL particle measurement by NMR recognized by ADA, ACC
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:11/19/2008)...tional Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced today t...ange," an initiative designed to connect entertain...d engineers to help the creators of television sho...rporate science into their work. The Exchange rep... out to the entertainment community and provide th...
(Date:11/19/2008)...lants that range northward because of climate chan...ocal enemies than native plants. , So concludes ...rida geneticist. The team,s findings, reported in ...ertain plants could become invasive if they spread... , "This paper is the first to suggest that the ...
(Date:11/19/2008)...merican Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly...rnals and Chemical & Engineering News .,Please c...cal Society as the source for this information. ,...CLE #5, which is embargoed for 9 a. m., Eastern Ti...MMEDIATE RELEASE , Microcapsules act as "roach ...
(Date:11/19/2008)...From dolphins to clams to flying creatures like hu...ting creatures exhibit forms of fluid flow. When t...ciety (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics takes place... Center, researchers from across the globe will de...astronomy, engineering, alternative energy, biolog...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):NAS announces initiative to connect entertainment industry with top experts 2NAS announces initiative to connect entertainment industry with top experts 3Climate change opens new avenue for spread of invasive plants 2American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 19, 2008 2American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 19, 2008 3American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 19, 2008 4American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 19, 2008 5American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 19, 2008 6American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 19, 2008 7American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 19, 2008 8Animal and biological science highlights: San Antonio Fluid Dynamics Conference, Nov. 23-25 2Animal and biological science highlights: San Antonio Fluid Dynamics Conference, Nov. 23-25 3Animal and biological science highlights: San Antonio Fluid Dynamics Conference, Nov. 23-25 4Animal and biological science highlights: San Antonio Fluid Dynamics Conference, Nov. 23-25 5Animal and biological science highlights: San Antonio Fluid Dynamics Conference, Nov. 23-25 6Animal and biological science highlights: San Antonio Fluid Dynamics Conference, Nov. 23-25 7Animal and biological science highlights: San Antonio Fluid Dynamics Conference, Nov. 23-25 8Emisphere Technologies to Web Cast BIO CEO 26 Investor Conference Presentation February 12 3180 1Emisphere Technologies to Web Cast BIO CEO 26 Investor Conference Presentation February 12 3180 2OrthoLite Joins the Teva U S Mountain Running Team 11493 1OrthoLite Joins the Teva U S Mountain Running Team 11493 2Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Expands Network of Hospitals to Serve Hoosier Healthwise Members 11490 1Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Expands Network of Hospitals to Serve Hoosier Healthwise Members 11490 2Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Expands Network of Hospitals to Serve Hoosier Healthwise Members 11490 3WallSt net Updates Investment Community Through All New Interview With ImmuCell 3178 1WallSt net Updates Investment Community Through All New Interview With ImmuCell 3178 2
...y reduce female fertility by directly affecting th...e chances the embryo will implant, according to re...Europe,s leading reproductive medicine journal Hum...rtility experts in Portugal and Spain, comes as a ...n-heavy smokers and heavy smokers, all of whom rec...
...ed experiment turned out to be anything but for ba...ng out why what should have been a routine procedu...the creation of a new biological tool for destroyi...o trigger antibiotic resistance. , The discovery...hnology firm that has already brought Wisconsin a ...
...hought that animals can be arranged along a ladder...e—with humans inevitably at the top, followed by o... to fish and other slimy creatures. Over the past ...of high intelligence and great social complexity i...lish hierarchies in which dominant females support...
...ber this morning where I put my car keys last nigh...sts at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Resear...ies might be consolidated. Their new study offers ...is transferred between the hippocampus, the short ...leep. According to their findings and contrary to ...
Other Biology News:Heavy smoking cuts women's chance of pregnancy -- even with donated oocytes 2Heavy smoking cuts women's chance of pregnancy -- even with donated oocytes 3'Failed' experiment yields a biocontrol agent that doesn't trigger antibiotic resistance 2'Failed' experiment yields a biocontrol agent that doesn't trigger antibiotic resistance 3Fishy cooperation 2Learning during sleep? 2
(Date:11/21/2008)...anks to NMT, all of my wishes are,coming true," s...dge,Tennessee this week to experience the lights...eet the people who "saved my life." Until recentl...ld little interest to the young,woman who suffers...ity to,regulate thirst or sense when its time to ...
(Date:11/21/2008)...edge Center is First Integrated Knowledge Center O... Hyderabad, India (Vocus) November 21, 2008 -&nd...C) today, 17 months after breaking ground last sum...ark in the city’s Genome Valley, the center ...fic region in the areas of agricultural and indust...
(Date:11/21/2008)...rcial life sciences sales experience to Cyntellect...tellect, a privately-held life sciences company le...e cell analysis and manipulation systems, announce...e Company,s Director of Sales - North America. And...,s cell purification and cell health products in t...
(Date:11/21/2008)...ll/ -- Gen-Probe,s (Nasdaq: GPRO ),CE-marked AP...r tool to more,accurately detect high-risk human ...ed with cervical cancer or precancerous lesions, a...tific posters presented last week by,independent ...ference of the,European Research Organization on ...
Breaking Biology Technology:Noninvasive Medical Technologies Helps Make Young Tennessee Woman's Wishes Come True 2Noninvasive Medical Technologies Helps Make Young Tennessee Woman's Wishes Come True 3Noninvasive Medical Technologies Helps Make Young Tennessee Woman's Wishes Come True 4Noninvasive Medical Technologies Helps Make Young Tennessee Woman's Wishes Come True 5DuPont Opens Research & Development Center in India 2DuPont Opens Research & Development Center in India 3Cyntellect Appoints Former BD Biosciences Executive Andre Lubarsky as Director of Sales - North America 2Promising Clinical Data on Gen-Probe's APTIMA(R) HPV Test Presented at Major European Medical Meeting 2Promising Clinical Data on Gen-Probe's APTIMA(R) HPV Test Presented at Major European Medical Meeting 3Promising Clinical Data on Gen-Probe's APTIMA(R) HPV Test Presented at Major European Medical Meeting 4Promising Clinical Data on Gen-Probe's APTIMA(R) HPV Test Presented at Major European Medical Meeting 5
...inaries like management god Peter Drucker start ta...nd serious is taking place. Heres what Herr Doctor...y 12, 2004 issue of Fortune Magazine, the compensa...to the concept of the management team. In an execu...ents are general managers of major divisions at ve...
...der of medical imaging, point-of-care systems, hea...unced today that it has received top recognition f... industry authority, KLAS Enterprises for the seco...y(R) Pharmacy Information System, was recognized i...a research and consulting firm specializing in mon...
...f K-12 software solutions for special education an...ced their online, ASP software that streamlines th...Ps) and monitors the progress of children with dis...in 16 Wisconsin school districts during 2003, prov...ge therapists, physical therapists, psychologists ...
...a maker of molecular diagnostic products, recently... panel, which provides clinical trial laboratories...ssays available for the important 2D6 gene. , ,The...offers clinical trial laboratories the ability to ...used to increase the likelihood of positive clinic...
Other Biology Technology:The CEO Crisis 2Third Wave Releases Gene Test 2
HSV-2 gD (0191)
Acridinium Ester Trigger Solutions from Assay Designs/Stressgen Bioreagents
HISTOGRIP from Invitrogen
RayBio Human Angiogenesis Antibody Array 2.1 (8 array membranes) with Accessory, detects 23 angiogenic factors (for lysate) Class: Antibody Array Products Product Group: Antibody Array
Biology Products: