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• a  of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch
  a tactile reflex
• s  producing a sensation of touch
  tactile qualities

• But we'll continue to have newspapers in print because people appreciate the way they're organized and the tactile experience.
• The iPhone takes the graphical-user interface--the GUI, in the parlance, pronounced "gooey" - a step further and makes it a tactile user interface.
• What researchers never knew was precisely how elaborate that tactile system is, nor exactly how it operates.

• haptic
• tactual

News & Articles

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• New tactile display sends information through skin instead of eyes
  MIT researchers are working on creating tactile display technology that relies on your skin to transmit information.
  June 14, 2013 - ExtremeTech
• Can you feel me now? New array measures vibrations across skin, may help engineers design tactile displays
  A new array measures vibrations across skin may help engineers design tactile displays.
  June 14, 2013 - Science Daily
• Vibrations Felt On Skin May Aid In Tactile Display Innovation
  Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Electronic distractions that can be dangerous while driving, such as a GPS system or text message, have created a need to convey information in a non-visual way. MIT researcher Lynette Jones believes she has come up with a solution to that problem: tactile ‘displays’ that send information through vibrating pulses. "If you compare the skin to ...
  June 14, 2013 - redOrbit

Quotes

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• Joe Biden in Washington Post
  At the end of the day, I'm a tactile politician and I trust my feel, and I'm telling you I think there's some pace on the ball,Biden said. "I'm not trying to make this a groundswell, but there's something there that's genuine."
• Anna Friel in NewsMax.com
  We actually did try going for a week with no touching at all on set,Friel said of her co-star. "We didn't do too good. We're both _ particularly me _ incredibly tactile. By day three I was dead three times."
• Mike Lazaridis in AFP
  RIM president Mike Lazaridis described the touch-screen as a "truly tactile touch interface" which "solves the longstanding problem associated with typing on traditional touch-screens."