You Can't Catch Anything From a Cyberhug
In an effort to create even more technology dependent androids, I mean children, in today's world, we present to you the following passage concerning the "cyberhug". It has all the features of a real hug minus, you know, the really important part....umm....let me see.....THE PERSON?!
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore scientists looking for ways to transmit the sense of touch over the Internet have devised a vibration jacket for chickens and are thinking about electronic children's pyjamas for cyberspace hugs.
A wireless jacket for chickens or other pets can be controlled with a computer and gives the animal the feeling of being touched by its owner, researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) told Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
The next step would be to use the same concept to transmit hugs over the Internet, it said.
"These days, parents go on a lot of business trips, but with children, hugging and touching are very important," the paper quoted NTU Associate Professor Adrian David Cheok as saying.
NTU is thinking of a pyjama suit for children, which would use the Internet to adjust changes in pressure and temperature to simulate the feeling of being hugged. Parents wearing a similar suit could be "hugged" back by their children, the paper said.
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"Give us a cyberhug, love." just doesn't have the same ring to it does it? Hey folks, in my professional opinion, there is just no replacing a real hug.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore scientists looking for ways to transmit the sense of touch over the Internet have devised a vibration jacket for chickens and are thinking about electronic children's pyjamas for cyberspace hugs.
A wireless jacket for chickens or other pets can be controlled with a computer and gives the animal the feeling of being touched by its owner, researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) told Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
The next step would be to use the same concept to transmit hugs over the Internet, it said.
"These days, parents go on a lot of business trips, but with children, hugging and touching are very important," the paper quoted NTU Associate Professor Adrian David Cheok as saying.
NTU is thinking of a pyjama suit for children, which would use the Internet to adjust changes in pressure and temperature to simulate the feeling of being hugged. Parents wearing a similar suit could be "hugged" back by their children, the paper said.
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"Give us a cyberhug, love." just doesn't have the same ring to it does it? Hey folks, in my professional opinion, there is just no replacing a real hug.
HOLIDAY GIFT IDEA: The Novels by Chetan Davé click here
Copyright 2005 by Chetan Davé, All Rights Reserved. Chetan Dave
posted by UltimateWriter at 9:58 AM
5 Comments:
I agree.
Human emotion can never be replicated by any form of technology, at least in my opinion.
I still think that personal touch is best.
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interesting that was invented in Singapore the same country that wouldnt alow a mother to hug her son Van Nguyen before he was hung....
That's aweful! The cyberhug thing - not the blog (=^.^=) I mean, hugs r bout contecting w/ ppl - not technology... ehe - it's nice 2 kno wot's going on in the wacky world of science, tho.... ^^!
kmm: indeed.
ppd: agreed.
tinne: okay we can talk about sharks...i feel the great whites should receive some form of royalties or pension for helping boost steven spielberg's career.
andy: deeply saddened by the Van Nguyen execution...I don't even know where to begin or what to say about the barbarism exercised there. prayers and condolences go out to his family.
tinka: oh, you scared me for a second...yeah there is definitely some mad science goin on in the world. i'll keep you posted.
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