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Handshake via the Internet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the imagine-the-porntential dept.

mattlamb writes "British and American scientists will touch using sensors over the internet. "The implications of the experiment could be vast, said UCL, which describes the event as the world's "first transatlantic handshake over the Internet." " Let the juvenile comedy commence!

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  1. Is it just me.. by Laura_007 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    wouldn't this be a step backwards? It is ignoring the vast mental conveyance abilities of the internet to revert to the warn physical ideas that most people are so impressionable about. I think that this might reignate the prior discussions that we've had regarding psychological attachment disorders. People should learn to communicate via things like email or ICQ.

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  2. Uh, yeah by The+Dobber · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So it's like a really sophisticated version of a Nintendo Game Glove. Or a MS Sidewinder Controller with Force Feedback.

    Sorry, I don't see whats so awe inspiring about sending data through a network.

    Maybe it's just me.