Project Topic:

"Reconstructing the TPAD FIRE an open-source surface haptics device."

Project Group Members:

Arjun Rajasekar, Masters Student at Drexel University in the ECE Department.

Mengchen Zhang, Masters Student at Drexel University in the ECE Department.

Project Guide:

Dr.Yon Vissel, Assistant Professor at Drexel University in the ECE Department.

Project Description:

The aim of the project is to reconstruct the TPAD FIRE, a variable friction surface combined with a Kindle Fire. The Device has been designed by the Neuroscience and Robotics Lab at the North Western University.

Here is a link to the website of TPAD TABLET PROJECT; the main source of information for building the device, that will be followed during the course of this project.