Update: These are likely an iPhone 5 clone (with better vibrating motor). Note the smaller 1150 mAh battery and the (d’oh) SD card slot. The images above allegedly show a Foxconn assembly line in ...

On the list of things that might be eavesdropping on your day-to-day conversations, the tiny motor that makes your phone buzz isn't necessarily the first one that comes to mind. But that is exactly ...

Tiny motors used for haptic feedback and vibration come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The most familiar is the “eccentric rotating mass” (ERM) variety which just spins an imbalanced weight on a ...

Cover up your webcam, disable microphone access and put on your tinfoil hat — but it won’t make any difference, because the Illuminati can get at you through your phone’s vibration motor now. Well, ...

Besides buzzing to alert you to calls, texts, and alarms, a phone's vibration motor can also function as a solid speech sensor, researchers have demonstrated. And that means one more potential method ...

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last several years while reviewing and dissecting smartphones, it’s that one of the very first things you feel when using a phone — its vibration motor — has ...

If you’re the proud owner of an iPhone 5, you may have noticed something different about the way that it vibrates. Well, you’re not imagining it, because there is something different about it: the ...

After getting some mini massagers for the fair sex from a discount sale fair, I started thinking about vibration/haptic motor projects again! I’m in the middle of a lot of projects based on small ...

With OnePlus gearing up to launch the OnePlus 10 Pro tomorrow (January 11th) in China, the brand has proactively teased a bunch of its features. Earlier today, the company teased that the OnePlus 10 ...

The Germany-based team of FeelSpace has developed a vibro belt for outdoor navigation, which can significantly improve the lives of the blind and visually impaired. Showcased at the Falling Walls Lab ...

Do you feel nostalgia for a childhood novelty toy that had potential but ultimately fell short of its promise? Do you now have the skills to go make a better version of that toy to satisfy your ...

Excessive or unusual motor vibration and noise can be symptomatic of a number of problems. In order to help you rule out some causes and figure out your best course of action, check for the following ...