# The technology of touch

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDYouth 2012
- Speaker: Katherine Kuchenbecker
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/katherine_kuchenbecker_the_technology_of_touch)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

As we move through the world, we have an innate sense of how things feel -- the sensations they produce on our skin and how our bodies orient to them. Can technology leverage this? In this fun, fascinating TED-Ed lesson, learn about the field of haptics, and how it could change everything from the way we shop online to how dentists learn the telltale feel of a cavity.

## Lectures

1. [The technology of touch](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/katherine_kuchenbecker_the_technology_of_touch/46d3dff6be40), 7 min (TED's player)