High End Touch Feedback for Mobile Devices Featuring Electro Active Polymers (Printed Electronics & Photovoltaics USA 2010)

Future outlook on electro active polymers based applications.

Dirk Schapeler is Vice President Digital at Bayer LLC based in San Jose, CA and leads the BETS team. BETS's (=Bayer Emerging Technology Solutions) focus is on connecting with small and large technology companies to establish partnerships, new products and service offerings and create new revenue streams in lifesciences. The team includes data scientists, business model experts and physicians. Ideas and technologies can be bold and risky as long as they represent a major opportunity for Bayer in the 3-5 year time horizon.

Dirk previously served as Head of Bayer's LifeScience iHUB innovation center that he founded in Mountain View in 2015. Prior to that he served as the CEO of Bayer's ViviTouch subsidiary Artificial Muscle Inc. in Sunnyvale. An engineer in electronics and mechanics he studied in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Artificial Muscle, Inc. (AMI) of Sunnyvale, California, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer MaterialScience LLC, is a leader in the development of electroactive polymers for the consumer electronics industry. AMI's Reflex™ haptic actuators allow users to synchronize the sensory experience by adding the sense of touch to devices which previously only provided sound and sight. Reflex™ enables touch screens to create the sensation of authentic tactile feedback, just like a conventional keyboard. This innovative technology is ideal for electronic devices like smart phones, portable electronics, gaming controllers, touch pads, and other touch interface products.

 

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