New Scientist Tech New devices promise touchy-feely computing: "Is it possible to 'feel' an object while being in another location? This is a question addressed by several technologies on show at the SIGGRAPH 2007 computer conference in San Diego, California, US, earlier this month. Haptic technology, which exploits the sense of touch, could have a range of applications, researchers say, from telesurgery and robotic remote control to more immersive computer games."
This link also doesn't work. Do the sites they link to move things around that quickly (or delete)?
ReplyDeletePretty nifty stuff though, I remember reading almost a year ago probably, about an army development for helping soldiers (using a robotic hydraulic system, bionical legs basically)
Bionic Man Becoming A Reality
I found something similar if not the same thing as what I remember
Bleex
The Berkeley site is full of the how far it has come. When I initially read about it they were just beginning/realizing what they could do, now its a full blown entire bionical system. The possibilities for the work force and physically disabled are endless.