How To Hug a Chicken Via the Internet 96
the_newsbeagle writes "Adrian Cheok, a professor of electrical engineering in Japan, wants to invent a "multisensory Internet" that will transmit not just information, but also experiences. To usher in this new age, he started by building a haptic system that enabled him to send a hug to a chicken via the Internet. Next came the 'huggy pajama' project, which allowed distant parents to send their kid a goodnight squeeze. Lately he's begun working on sending a taste over the internet with his 'digital lollypop' project."
Japan is weird, did you know that? (Score:5, Insightful)
It's an important step forward, but only in Japan would hugging a chicken be an intermediate step.
What's with the cutesy stuff? (Score:5, Insightful)
Sending hugs over the internet has little practical purposes.
On the other hand you could solve a lot of the worlds problems if we could punch people in the face over the internet.