Reach out and touch someone...this item on Slashdot from a Wired News report is about the development of a system that allows actual physical touch over the internet. Work on a haptic suit (suit with tactile sensors embedded) for humans is scheduled to begin in August with the first prototype about a year away. So start saving up now! :)
Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 18, @11:40PM
from the we-all-know-what-this-is-for dept.
Ant writes "Wired News reports researchers have developed a cybernetic system to allow physical interaction over the Internet. The system allows touching and feeling of animals or other humans in real time, but it's first being tried out on -- chickens. The Touchy Internet Built was by a wacky group of researchers at the Mixed Reality Lab at the National University of Singapore (NUS)."
The Wired News story has some photos of the chicken-touching interface, if you're, uh, into that sort of thing. Personally, I'm not that desparate for companionship!
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