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An extra monitor can help boost your productivity or relay important system info when you need to goose a little more performance from your system. Corsair makes its fair share of gaming monitors, but its latest display isn’t for playing games—the Xeneon Edge is an all-in-one system monitor you can …

Some probe-foraging birds locate their buried prey by detecting vibrations in the substrate using a specialized tactile bill-tip organ. This remarkable ‘sixth sense’ is known as remote touch, and the associated organ is found in probe-foraging species belonging to both the palaeognathous (in kiwi) and neognathous (in ibises and shorebirds) …

Marketers and advertisers understand the importance of reaching consumers wherever they are— sometimes even before consumers get there themselves. Preemptive planning, tracking preferences and behavior, targeting, SEO, modern-day campaigns have tried it all in an effort to be seen and heard by their ideal consumer. For success in today’s digital …

Photo: anhcotran on Instagram  While the undercut has certainly made a bold impression in the past few seasons as an edgy, razor sharp haircut, the latest variation on this trend is surprisingly subtle. In fact, the soft undercut is a more versatile take on the daring and bold hairstyle, which has …

A new study published in the journal Cell Reports reveals that a protein called Piezo 1 is directly responsible for sensing touch. Knowledge about Piezo 1 could be relevant for designing better pain medications and exploring future therapies for blood disorders, hypertension and more. Piezo proteins transduce physical forces and …

The human nervous system is a delicate thing. Damage it in the right place, and a person can lose the ability to control much of their bodies. Since the nervous system is largely based on the transmission of electrical impulses, scientists have long experimented with ways to replace the missing …

The iPhone 6’s so-called ‘touch disease‘ is a well-known issue within Apple — the company simply doesn’t want to discuss it. That’s according to Apple store employees, who claim that they’ve been informed by both their own supervisors and the company’s internal repair tracking system to be aware of the …

For the past few months, reports have covered the ‘touch disease‘ that renders Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus nonfunctional. Investigation into the problem revealed that Apple removed the underfill from the controller chips that govern touchscreen functionality. The underfill typically fills the gaps between solder balls that attach a …

Those of you that have taken the plunge and ordered the new Oculus Touch virtual reality controllers and are expected to receive delivery today or are thinking of purchasing a set for the holiday season. Will be interested to know that the Oculus Touch controllers come supplied with eight free …

For today’s launch of the Oculus Touch controllers, Oculus has made available over 50 games which are now available to play and fully support the Oculus Touch hardware. Watch the promotional video below to learn more about the virtual reality games and experiences you can expect to enjoy with the …