... And Now Cyber Hugging!

Dashken · 30th Nov 2005, 09:40 AM

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Feel like a hug when you are miles away from home... don't fret... James Teh, interaction and entertainment research centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, has developed a "hug suit" of sorts for poultry, and intends to extend it to humans... soon...

According to Teh, people will soon be able to touch their pets or children across cyberspace with his innovation, that seeks to transmit sensation via the Internet.

"Poultry Internet" is Teh's immediate focus, especially since he feels strongly about chickens, saying that though they are badly treated they make highly intelligent pets.

The "Hug" technology involves the pet fowl wearing a wireless, sensor-rigged "jacket", moving inside its coop in the "home" set-up, and being tracked by a video camera.

The information is transmitted via the internet to the "office" set-up, wherein a 3D model of the pet moves exactly like its live counterpart.

When the owner touches this model, the instructions are translated into data and reproduced as a series of vibrations, on the jacket worn by the hen.

Teh said that the system which is being tested, will give the chicken the feeling of being touched by its owner. Teh has been working on this project for 2 years, along with center director - Adrian David Cheok and center manager - Lee Shang Ping.

Of course with the recent alarm raised over the possibility of an "avian flu" pandemic spreading across large parts of South East Asia, one wonders as to why anyone would want to touch a chicken... whether actually or virtually...

However Teh's "Poultry Internet" technology promises to be just a fore-runner to the real thing i.e. "human-to-human virtual hugging".

Teh plans for children to wear wireless, sensor-rigged "pyjama suits", similar to the chicken "jackets". Each suit will receive signals via the internet, and interpret the data to adjust to changes in pressure and temperature. In effect, children will actually get a "hug" from their parents and vice-versa, if parents wear these suits as well.

Cheok expressed the view that there will be a huge demand for these suits, especially with parents going out frequently on business, and hugging and touching being considered inseparable parts of communication.

Source: http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp...432&cat_id=643

I can see so many possibilities with this technology.

zy · 30th Nov 2005, 10:10 AM

this is my cyber hug

Dashken · 30th Nov 2005, 11:38 AM

I can feel it... zy.

Papercut · 30th Nov 2005, 01:19 PM

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According to Teh, people will soon be able to touch their pets or children across cyberspace with his innovation, that seeks to transmit sensation via the Internet.

Bull****, we all know what the most profitable application of this invention is going to be.

Dashken · 30th Nov 2005, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Papercut

Bull****, we all know what the most profitable application of this invention is going to be.

What?

aKho · 30th Nov 2005, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

What?

dashie good boy, dun pollute his mind..

Chai · 30th Nov 2005, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by aKho

dashie good boy, dun pollute his mind..

LMAO! I didn't understand what Papercut said until I read your post!

I'm truly innocent...

Maximus_Detritus · 30th Nov 2005, 06:49 PM

Hehehe. I can see many uses for this. And as always, Chai isnt as innocent as he makes himself out to be

TF is probably going 'YES!'

ToyotaFreak · 30th Nov 2005, 06:57 PM

Actually, No.

I do think that this is the silliest invention ever!

Famillies will be torn apart & relationships wouldn't be well!

EDIT: also, nothing beats the feeling of giving & receiving nice & warm hugs.....

Maximus_Detritus · 30th Nov 2005, 06:58 PM

And why would that be? (=

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