![NEC's tactile touchscreen nudges at the future NEC's tactile touchscreen nudges at the future](http://www.wareground.com/images/400/necs_tactile_touchscreen_nudges_at_the_future_2.jpg)
A touchscreen's fatal flaw is its lack of feedback: imagine the satisfaction if you could feel those Angry Birds as they flew across the screen. NEC and the Tokyo Institute of Technology wanted a simpler solution to tactile displays than Senseg's electrostatic-field based tech. Instead, this device uses a wire (yup) anchored on each corner of the display — when force is shown on screen, it jerks the screen in the corresponding direction. You can see it in action after the break, accompanied by the restful tones of Diginfo's narrator.
2DayBlog.com, NEC's tactile touchscreen nudges at the future
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