Some people find they can distinguish between the vibration pattern made by people talking, running water, a knock at the door, footsteps, music.

Gerridae are territorial insects and make this known by their vibration patterns.

"Actually," said Spock, "a gradual buildup would allow me to better compensate for vibration patterns as they develop."

Do you know if you get the same effect from materials that are not as easily changed in vibration pattern?

This yields a visual image of the vibration pattern.

This is as opposed to the study of the vibration pattern of a machine under an (known) external force analysis, which is called modal analysis.

As the developers put it, this app is "Caller ID with vibration patterns - feel who's calling you."

To use, all you do is choose a Facebook or Android contact and set a vibration pattern for them.

The vibration pattern travels through the air until it reaches your eardrum.

The phone does vibrate when a new mail is received, but I can't control the vibration pattern it uses.