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Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
« on: August 05, 2011, 02:49:25 PM »
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...It’s designed by a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, and the glove’s tip lightly vibrates the wearer’s finger to significantly boost their sense of touch, and increase the amount of data they can sense through their pinky.

It works through stochastic resonance, where adding a tiny amount of white noise to an area of the body can heighten senses like sight, hearing, balance control and touch.

But until now, no one has built a wearable device that takes advantage of these superhero-style powers. That’s where Georgia Tech assistant professor Jun Ueda, associate professor Minoru Shinohara and visiting scholar Yuichi Kurita come in.

Their magic glove has a gap at the fingertip so the person wearing it still feels objects with their skin. But an actuator — made of lead zirconate layers stacked one upon the other to generate the kind of high-frequency vibration needed — makes contact with the finger to vibrate it....
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/vibrating-glove-touch/

I can't think of another use for this apart from gaming. No siree.  :rotf:
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Re: Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2011, 05:41:42 PM »
I am ummmmm buying one to help me with ummmmmm chuzzle and solitaire!  Seriously!
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Re: Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2011, 06:53:57 PM »
That's going to be a big seller at WAL-MART....and the Chinese will make it and use it to get our last dollar.
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Re: Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2011, 08:23:54 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on August 05, 2011, 06:53:57 PM
the Chinese will make it....
out of lead and melamine. and market it to our kids.
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Re: Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2011, 10:35:58 AM »
That could help me, as I have peripheral neuropathy in both hands. Who knows, I might be able to type quickly again.
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Re: Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2011, 04:49:17 PM »
Quote from: bijou on August 05, 2011, 02:49:25 PM
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/vibrating-glove-touch/

I can't think of another use for this apart from gaming. No siree.  :rotf:

It might be an inspiration for a CalPig poem! :puke:
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Re: Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2011, 10:00:31 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on August 05, 2011, 06:53:57 PM
That's going to be a big seller at WAL-MART Play Time for U....and the Chinese will make it and use it to get our last dollar.



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Re: Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2011, 12:24:30 PM »
uh.

um.

hmmm.


who's selling these?


I think I want one.  O-)
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Re: Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2011, 02:29:01 PM »
Quote from: debk on August 08, 2011, 12:24:30 PM
uh.

um.

hmmm.


who's selling these?


I think I want one.  O-)

Should have said, "I'm asking for a friend."
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Re: Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2011, 06:29:45 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on August 08, 2011, 02:29:01 PM
Should have said, "I'm asking for a friend."

I am asking for a friend.  :-)
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Re: Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2011, 06:39:38 PM »
Quote from: debk on August 08, 2011, 06:29:45 PM
I am asking for a friend.  :-)

You know, that might even work ...uh...for my friend too. :-)
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"America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within."  Stalin
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