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• Making Cars Safe for Cell Phones

  Research shows that using a mobile phone handsfree device while driving is no safer than simply holding the phone to your ear. Other studies show that attempts to require use of handsfree or ban SMS text messaging behind the wheel are not working at all. Now researchers at KTH are studying practical ways to improve road safety.

• Potential for touch screens found at your fingertips

  Our sense of touch is clearly more acute than many realize. A new study demystifies the “unknown sense” with first-ever measurements of human tactile perception.