The Future Laboratory

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Why mid-air haptics will transform how we interact

Anders Hakfelt, vice-president of product and marketing at Ultrahaptics, explains how digital touch will revolutionise our interaction with products, each other and the world around us.

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Technology

Amazon unveils its first touchscreen Alexa

US – The Echo Show marks a significant shift for the brand by combining voice-recognition with a conventional monitor.

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Retail

Revolutionising retail

UK – A new report by Barclays indicates that shoppers are expecting more high-tech services from bricks-and-mortar stores.

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Technology

Interface Market

In the era of Awakening Tech our devices’ interfaces are set to become more human.

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Europe

Common touch: Objects preserve iPhone gestures

London – Multi-Touch Gestures, a project by Royal College of Art student Gabriele Meldaikyte, is a series of five museum objects, each designed to reflect one of the finger movements used to operate the iPhone.

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Fashion

World Retail Congress 2012: store format trends

London – Retailers are embracing omni-channel and this will have a significant impact on store formats, as retail footprints and environments are adapted and changed to test the market and strive to meet customer service demands.

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Retail

Euroshop Review part 2

The trade show for retail design and construction is held every three years, and retail designers, architects and store fittings manufacturers save their best work for the event. This year’s exhibition featured intuitive touchscreen technology applications, mannequins with personality and stands showing live workshop demonstrations and artisanal…