Do any of the ATM machines you use have a touch screen? I know that CitiBank has one, and I was always afraid that I'd hit the $200 button instead of $20 to withdraw money. I now bank with Bank of America, and thankfully they don't use touch screen technology. But maybe they should consider it soon, now that Immersion Corp, a San Jose, CA-based Haptics tech company, has a new solution. What if you could actually feel the virtual button with your finger?

Immersion's new TouchSense Technology for Touch Screens combines "vibro feedback with finger-position recognition and interpolation to deliver tactile feedback on standard touch screens. This feedback can register as bumps, low vibrations, ticks, clicks, slides, you name it." Then this technology is combined with audible feedback to enhance the experience.

How it works. The company affixes the touch screen to a thin metal frame that is connected to four actuators, each containing two steel pieces and a coil. The actuators and touch screen are then connected to a motherboard where vibrations are sent to the touch screen. You can feel the virtual buttons through this vibration.

Later this year, you may find yourself at the nearest casino, because TouchSense will be included in video slots and poker machines.

Immersion hopes to deliver the technology to other devices, such as GPS, PDAs, and phones through its several partnerships.

For more details, read PC Magazine's report.