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Human Machine Interface


Zytronic and NunoErin bring interactive creative experiences to new sensory room Z


ytronic was integral in bringing touch interactivity to a new facility at Canopy Children’s Solutions,


Mississippi’s most comprehensive provider of children’s behavioural health, educational and social service solutions. The company’s touch sensors enable interactive capabilities in the Ucreate digital play panel used in Canopy’s newly opened sensory room at its Jackson, MS facility. The new sensory room serves a critical


role at the facility and is instrumental in encouraging children to play freely as well as providing them with structured professional therapy. The Ucreate touch panel is now one of the favoured elements of the room, sought out by youngsters who want to draw or play games, either by themselves or together with others. The Ucreate wall panel was developed by NunoErin, a Jackson, MS-based developer and manufacturer of wall- mounted and tabletop interactive solutions, designed to help brands and organisations connect with their customers through play. The Ucreate wall panel used in Canopy’s sensory room is built on a 40 inch (100 cm) industrial-grade interactive display, with interactivity powered by a Zytronic custom, printed multi-touch sensor. NunoErin’s Ucreate platform also includes a library of interactive games, painting & drawing apps, animated puzzles and open-ended


collaborative experiences for creative social play, accessed through an attractive, engagingly designed touchscreen. “Installing the Ucreate wall panel in a facility such as Canopy’s sensory room requires durability to withstand heavy use over an extended period,” says Erin Hayne, president at NunoErin. “Zytronic’s ZYBRID multi-touch sensor technology was an ideal fit in that we could specify both the performance and durability rating required to function flawlessly and know it would provide optimal safety for the patients.” NunoErin’s successful implementation of the Ucreate wall panel in Canopy’s sensory room serves as a showcase of its capabilities for similar rollouts in both healthcare and education applications. As a result, the company is currently in discussions with several hospitals, schools and other facilities for larger-scale deployments in the coming months. Zytronic Displays internationally award- winning touch sensors are used globally in ATMs, digital signage, self-service kiosks and gaming machines as well as by industrial and medical OEMs. The company’s success rests on its patented and highly durable touch sensing technologies, which can be provided in custom designs of 85” and beyond.


Founded in 2011 and based in Jackson, Mississippi, NunoErin offers innovative and interactive customer experience solutions that enable brands to develop and enhance in-person relationships with their customers through play, messaging and storytelling. The company has domestic and international client engagements across the hospitality, retail, food & beverage, corporate, gaming, education and healthcare industry sectors. The company provides both standard product sets, in addition to custom-designed solutions and works of public art. NunoErin’s


product portfolio encompasses bio- sensing LED furniture and video walls, colour-changing upholstered furniture and a diverse new line of wood and resin furniture solutions that offer embedded messaging and play that can interact with a customer’s mobile device and can be customised through a user-friendly iOS or Android management app. Canopy Children’s Solutions (Canopy), formerly Mississippi Children’s Home Services, is Mississippi’s most comprehensive non-profit provider of children’s behavioural health, educational and social service solutions.


EDGE force-sensing HMI technology delivers competitive advantage to smartphone makers P


eratech has launched its QTC-based EDGE force-sensing solution that delivers User Experience (UX)


differentiation and functionality for smartphones, wearables, and tablets. Peratech’s latest HMI solution uses the edges of a device to provide what Peratech believes is a fundamentally better user experience. Thin sensors with Peratech’s patented QTC technology are mechanically integrated in key areas of the smartphone to capture a user’s natural single-handed grip, ergonomic finger movements, intuitive presses and squeezes to control key functions. EDGE can be used to simplify mute, sleep, volume, zoom, scroll, and emergency-call functions while improving one-handed usability. This means fewer dropped phones, less distraction, and fewer false touches while typing. EDGE works even while the user has wet hands or is wearing gloves. By providing a quality force-sensing user experience with the edge of a device, Peratech enables designers to eliminate physical button openings and implement a thinner, more contoured device with a rigid-metal chassis. This means phones can be more durable, lower-cost, and more


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moisture-proof. Peratech’s EDGE solution works even with a protective case in place. Peratech’s new Tactile User Experience or “TUX” Development Board and embedded software Application Suite enables designers to perform real-time calibration, signal conditioning, sensor fusion with other device sensors, linearisation, and gesture/action capture that reduces design complexity and time-to-market. Based on the number and location of functions, Peratech provides a cost-and-function optimised scalable solution—from the most basic to one packed with desired features. Peratech offers technical support in the mechanical and embedded electronics integration of the EDGE solution, including system architecture, integration with existing sensing IC, and rapid force-based UX prototyping. This new level of support combined with the TUX line of development tools gives Peratech the ability to reduce complexity and months of development time. Jon Stark, CEO of Peratech commented that, despite seeing poor force implementations struggling to detect force through the phone’s rigid chassis sidewall, there is demand for a force-sensing solution that works. “Our customers tell us


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that our EDGE solution in combination with embedded software development tools are a real game changer in product development speed and ability to create value-added user experiences. While our initial market focus has been smartphones, we expect the technology to be used in


wearables and tablets as device manufacturers look to implement a highly- intuitive and consistent HMI across all devices while lowering SKUs, complexity and cost,” he concludes.


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