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Wearable devices will let you feel cold, heat, and pain in VR by applying chemicals to your skin

TechSpot

Created by researchers from the Human Computer Integration Lab at the University of Chicago, chemical haptics use self-contained wearable devices to simulate sensations while in virtual reality. The wearables combine silicone patches and micropumps to deliver five different chemicals to the surface of a person's skin.

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AI suggested 40,000 new possible chemical weapons in just six hours

The Verge

An instructor at the Fort Leonard Wood Chemical School, who is designated as an agent handler, carries the VX nerve agent to contaminate a jeep in one of the eight chambers used for training chemical defense on April 18, 2003 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. Tell me more about what you found.

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Future VR Haptics May Use Chemicals on the Skin to Make You Feel

Gizmodo

Virtual reality experiences are never going to feel like the real world until we’re able to engage all of our senses, not just vision and hearing. As a potential way to simulate a human’s ability to feel physical sensations, researchers have developed haptic VR hardware that applies chemicals to your skin to trigger… Read more.

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Players Are Chasing Hurricanes In Microsoft Flight Simulator

Gizmodo

Hurricane Laura made landfall over Louisiana last night, causing hundreds of thousands to lose power and severe damage to infrastructure like chemical plants even as the storm weakened over time. But from the safety of the virtual clouds, Microsoft Flight Simulator players spent the last day exploring the storm from a… Read more.

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How do you recycle plastic? Startups and scientists are trying to make it easier

GeekWire

.” “Putting the burden on the consumer is part of the problem,” said Lucas Ellis , an assistant professor at Oregon State University’s School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering. Despite being an expert on plastic recycling with a chemical engineering Ph.D.,

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Meta fights shutdown of Seattle-area Reality Labs cleanroom by state safety regulators

GeekWire

The facility is the headquarters of Meta Reality Labs , where the company develops technologies that work in conjunction with augmented and virtual reality, such as wristbands that can control devices with small muscle movements, as demonstrated by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for reporters visiting the facility in 2022.

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Microsoft offers Dynamics users fresh incentives to move to the cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

The program was unveiled at the company’s Inspire virtual event for partners and resellers. The Accelerate, Innovate, and Move program (AIM) covers a broad range of on-premises business applications, including Dynamics AX, Dynamics CRM, Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV, Dynamics SL, and Dynamics 365 Business, Microsoft said.