The first pressure-sensitive, multi-touch input device that enables users to interact with the digital world like never before.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
The New Aluminum Housings For The Morph Are In!
almost 8 years ago
– Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:01:35 PM
Great news, all:
The final prototyped housings are in! We'll be using these housings to set up the production line at our factory and to start testing for regulatory compliance.
Additionally, we've added a window in the housing to increase the bluetooth signal. Step-by-step, we're getting closer to shipping The Sensel Morphs to you, and we can't wait to get them in your hands!
Your (Free) Morph Cases Are In!
almost 8 years ago
– Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 09:07:36 PM
After many design changes (to find the perfect look and functionality) we've gotten our final design for the Custom Morph Case down and now have final versions in the office! We couldn't wait to show you what they look like, so here you go! We hope you like them. The colors were chosen based off of our brand color scheme.
If you haven't already read the piece written by our Design Intern, Stephanie Lim, on the creative process that went into the Custom Morph Case, feel free to read it here.
We can't wait to ship these to you (with the Morphs and overlays inside, of course)!
Important Product and Shipping Updates
almost 8 years ago
– Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:54:10 PM
Dear backers,
We have some great news for you and some not so great news. We’ve had our hands full lately, hard at work trying to bring the Morph into production. We’ve also been spending time gathering feedback from users and using this feedback to improve the devices that we’ll be shipping. We're excited to share some of the improvements to the Morph with you below:
The Good News
We’ve improved the sensor scan electronics on the device. This allows us to read out more detail from the sensor array, meaning that there’s better resolution for any object placed on the sensor. We can now pick up smaller and more precise tools, such as fine paint brushes, in greater detail, and detect the difference between palms and fingers and pens (which is critical for using the Morph with art applications).
Visualizer of mug showing higher resolution
The grouping to the left are four fingers, the imaging furthest to the right is a palm, and the contact point between them is a stylus. Now, we can detect palm -vs- fingers -vs- stylus very well, which is crucial especially for art applications.
We’ve found a way to electrically “shield” the sensor, making it more robust in any harsh environments you might use it in and increasing the device's accuracy and performance.
Based on user feedback, we’ve added LED indicators to display the status of Battery Life and Bluetooth Connection.
We’ve added a custom battery to lengthen the battery life when operating with the Morph wirelessly.
We’ve expanded the Active Area vertically by 10 mm allowing edge-to-edge finger-tracking.
We’ve added more magnetic sensors, allowing us to detect thousands of overlays.
We’re spending time doing reliability testing to make sure that the device is durable and will survive all the environments you may use it in. As a part of this testing, we used a robot to tap the sensor millions of times in different locations and it passed with flying colors, maintaining its capabilities without any observable degradation! (see video of tap test below)
We’ve completed our final prototyping run -- the design is now final and ready for production.
The Sensel Team has expanded to better support the launch of the Morph and all of the improvements we’ve made to the device.
The Less-Good News
Since this project began, we've made sure to optimize for quality at every step. Unfortunately, our desire to ship the perfect product has pushed out our delivery schedule. The next build will happen at our manufacturing partner's factory in July, with these units going towards FCC and CE testing. The high-volume production of Kickstarter units will start in September with the units shipping in October.
We plan to send out regular updates on the production process and are very excited to share our progress with you! We appreciate your understanding and patience at this time, and truly can’t wait to get the Morph in your hands and see what you create with it!
Sincerely,
The Sensel Team
We're pleased to announce the arrival of the Sensel Team's newest member!
about 8 years ago
– Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 09:56:48 PM
An undeniable fact of creating thousands of hardware devices is that, inevitably, there will be minor variations in quality from one device to the next. To make sure that each of the Morphs we send out are top notch, we custom-created a world class robot to help test out our devices.
This robot will be used to test the accuracy of our sensors and is able to detect the entire force range that our sensors are capable of detecting. Here are some shots of the newest member of the Sensel team:
Here is one of the linear slides, which will allow us to position the tip with an accuracy finer than the width of a human hair
The robot has interchangeable tips to simulate different objects such as pens, pencils, and fingers. Here is a photo of the pen-like actuator tip.
Four our first test, we tried exerting precise forces on a postal-scale, and were able to apply forces as light as the weight of a penny to as much as the weight of a liter of milk with incredible precision
In the coming weeks, we’ll be writing software to allow our robot to run all sorts of fun tests on our sensors. The goal: Top-notch sensors for all!
Cheers,
The Sensel Team
We're Two-Time Winners at the IxDA Interaction Awards!
about 8 years ago
– Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 06:50:50 PM
We are pleased and honored to announce that we were on stage twice at the IxDA Interaction Awards last week! We took home two awards, one for "Best Concept" and another for best in the "Disruptive" category. Click on the links below to see members of the jury discuss why they chose the Sensel Morph as the winner for these two categories.
