On the list of things that might be eavesdropping on your day-to-day conversations, the tiny motor that makes your phone buzz isn't necessarily the first one that comes to mind. But that is exactly ...

Besides buzzing to alert you to calls, texts, and alarms, a phone's vibration motor can also function as a solid speech sensor, researchers have demonstrated. And that means one more potential method ...

Update: These are likely an iPhone 5 clone (with better vibrating motor). Note the smaller 1150 mAh battery and the (d’oh) SD card slot. The images above allegedly show a Foxconn assembly line in ...

MIT likens a new vibrating capsule to drinking a glass full of water prior to eating. Dieticians recommend the latter as a method for sending signals to your brain to simulate the sensation of being ...

[Lee] continues with his exploration of the U8Plus (a cheap smartwatch). He hasn’t got it all cracked, yet, but he did manage to get a dump of the device’s ROM using an unusual method. At first, [Lee] ...

The launch of Melexis MLX90283 brings new capabilities to the vibration feature in mobile handsets. This single phase brushless vibration motor driver IC will allow increased battery life while still ...

We’ve all been there before: You know you’ve gotta go, but you just can’t seem to make it over the edge. Soon, instead of turning to laxatives for relief, a tiny, swallowable engine may be all you ...

After getting some mini massagers for the fair sex from a discount sale fair, I started thinking about vibration/haptic motor projects again! I’m in the middle of a lot of projects based on small ...

At the announcement of the new iPod Touch from Apple, Steve Jobs made plenty of folks out there happy with the revelation that the phone-less iPhone would feature FaceTime — the video calling function ...

Do you feel nostalgia for a childhood novelty toy that had potential but ultimately fell short of its promise? Do you now have the skills to go make a better version of that toy to satisfy your ...