Dreidel 2.0 Adds Audio, Video and Tactile Feedback

In what is clearly an attack to make the dreidel the must - have toy during the holidays again , researchers atTokyo ’s University of Electro - Communicationshave raise the spinning top with force feedback , interactional elements , and the ability to give it a amphetamine boost while it ’s still spin around .

A hand-held controller containing a fast - switching electromagnet can spin the tops without have to occur in inter-group communication with them , while also allow for the user with force feedback whenever their top collides with another . The top spin on a especial video mesa that can not only chase their position and provide interactive elements like explosion animations and sounds , but using a in high spirits - speed camera and the polarized light they emit , each top ’s RPM can also be calculated and expose . While the technology seems like it was developed for novelty purposes , the advanced degree of interaction between the table and the move tops could be used to improve the interactive capabilities of products likeMicrosoft ’s Surface . Or just bring one aspect of Hanukkah into the 21st one C . [ DigInfoviaUbergizmo ]

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