This research teaches AI to understand and generate the sense of touch by combining visual information with high-resolution tactile data. The technology enables realistic digital textures, improves online shopping, enhances virtual experiences, and creates accessible tactile graphics for blind and low-vision users, making AI more inclusive and human-centred.

This research explores how buy now, pay later services are becoming normalised among young consumers in the UK. The study examines how marketing, checkout integration, and psychological framing shape perceptions of debt, arguing for stronger regulation, improved consumer protection, and greater financial literacy to address emerging financial risks among younger generations.