November 28, 2005
the cyber hug suit
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | From hens to humans - the cyber hug suitFancy a hug but you're miles from your loved-one? Well fret not because soon you will be able to send your squeeze and caress to exactly the part of a person's body you want via the internet.
That's the hope of Singaporean researcher James Teh, who has developed a "hug suit" for poultry and wants to extend it to humans.
The technology involves the fowl at "home" wearing a wireless, sensor-rigged "jacket" and being tracked by a video camera, Singapore's Straits Times newspaper reported yesterday
Whoa (thanks Charlie)
Posted by TY at November 28, 2005 10:46 PM
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» Cyber Hugs for Your Community from rogerd's notebook
Think your online community has some members who go overboard in giving virtual hugs? Watch out, the cyber hug suit may be coming sooner than you think. Although right now the Singaporean researcher James Teh has only designed a chicken-sized versio... [Read More]
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