I read an interesting journal article about a fairly new material developed for 3D printing called carbomorph. If you read it you'll notice the flex sensor and see why my mind went straight to VR haptic gloves as a possible application of the technology. Measuring the change in resistance in each finger will no doubt be an invaluable tool for a functioning glove, and the fact that it can be 3d printed means it should be fairly cheap and easy to produce. Here's the article, tell me what you think about it:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Ad ... ne.0049365
I should note that it isn't on sale yet, but hopefully it'll be available sometime this year.
Carbomorph as a material for 3D printed haptic gloves?
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Re: Carbomorph as a material for 3D printed haptic gloves?
This sounds good and not very hard to make. I've experimented with using conductive ink to make flex sensors with little success.
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Re: Carbomorph as a material for 3D printed haptic gloves?
Didn't read the whole thing, but it sounds interesting.