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Scientists Develop iPhone Tickling Transmission

Posted by samzenpus on from the from-the-depths-of-my-mother's-basement-I-tickle-you dept.

itwbennett writes "Last week, a video circulated of how Japanese scientists were working on a machine that lets you kiss over the Internet. Now, the same team is working on a project that would let two iPhone users tickle each other's palms (or, presumably, other body parts) across the Internet."

3 comments

  1. A new type of cyber crime? by Eulogistics · · Score: 1

    So people can be (or at least feel) molested over the internet now?

  2. Wow ... by gstoddart · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm glad to hear that scientists are still treating teledildonics as a viable research area.

    Me, I don't think I want a phone that attempt to perform anything which resembles physical intimacy ... that just sounds nasty.

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  3. Good for deafblind people by apetrelli · · Score: 1

    After all it's not so stupid. I think it could be used for tactile signing for deafblind people.