Tokyo school takes Facebook Poking to a creepy new level (video)

You’ve got to hand it to Tokyo’s University of Electro-Communications, the school’s researchers have presented some truly unique methods for interfacing with our electronics — fake finger sliding , a head-mounted video display , a thing that makes it feel like you’ve got insects on your palm , and, of course, the old kissing machine . A few recent inventions have expanded the latter trend, giving us creative new ways of getting intimate with our machines. There’s the tickle interface, for one, which beams images from a connected smartphone creating the illusion that the person on the other end is tickling your palm — made all the more real by tactile vibration hooked up to the rear of the device. And then there’s the older, oddly-named Sense-Roid, sort of a clunkier version of the Hug Shirt , which, among other things, lets you “hug yourself.” Both are demonstrated in a pair of videos after the break. Whatever you do, don’t miss the second one. Continue reading Tokyo school takes Facebook Poking to a creepy new level (video) Tokyo school takes Facebook Poking to a creepy new level (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 May 2011 16:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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