Chances are you’ve seen the gorgeous patterns that sound waves produce when sand is sprinkled on a vibrating metal plate. Now French physicists have produced inverse versions of these patterns using ...

Editors note: A Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus was used to demonstrate the steps in this guide. The process will be very similar on most Android phones, although the exact menu names and locations may be ...

Patterns of vibration on the skin of the hand that are part of how we sense the world through touch have been cataloged, for the first time, by researchers. Type an email on your computer. Raise a ...

The World Health Organization reports that 360 million people worldwide are affected by hearing loss, generally caused by disease, accidents or damage to middle-ear structures. Researchers at ...

If you own a Google Pixel you probably know that you can set up custom ringtones for individual contacts. While the customized ringtone lets you differentiate between contacts that ring you, the ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have introduced a new type of nanomechanical resonator, in which a pattern of holes localizes vibrations to a small region in a 30 nm thick ...

We spotted Google Contacts code that hints at contact-specific vibration patterns for Pixel phones. Apple and Samsung already allow you to assign specific haptics to your contacts. If it rolls out, ...

Liam loves Android, design, user experience, and travel. He doesn't love ill-proportioned letter forms, advertisements made entirely of stock photography, and writing biographical snippets. My phone ...

We investigated the propagation patterns of cutaneous vibration in the hand during interactions with touched objects. Prior research has highlighted the importance of vibrotactile signals during ...

A forthcoming version of Google Sounds may introduce new vibration patterns for Pixel phones to complement ringtones and ...