Haptics Developer Sensitive Object Raises $2.4 Million in First Round

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 9, 2004 - 4:55am.

Paris -- Sensitive Object, a France-based technology start-up focusing on haptics, or interfaces using the sense of touch, announced that it has received 2 million euro ($2.4 million) of first-round funding. The company is developing a technology that can turn just about any object into an input device. Using sensors and a process called "time reversal acoustics," the technology allows users to change TV channels, control personal computers or answer telephones merely by touching tables, windows or chairs. Sofinova, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, led the round. Under the terms of the investment, Jean Schmitt of Sofinova will join Sensitive Object's board, the company said. Separately, Sensitive Object also announced that co-founder Ros-Kiri Ing had been named president and Hubert Cospain chief executive officer.
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