How To Hug a Chicken Via the Internet

Posted by timothy on Friday October 26, 2012 @02:43PM from the anything-between-consenting-adult-beings dept.

the_newsbeagle writes "Adrian Cheok, a professor of electrical engineering in Japan, wants to invent a "multisensory Internet" that will transmit not just information, but also experiences. To usher in this new age, he started by building a haptic system that enabled him to send a hug to a chicken via the Internet. Next came the 'huggy pajama' project, which allowed distant parents to send their kid a goodnight squeeze. Lately he's begun working on sending a taste over the internet with his 'digital lollypop' project."

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Japan is weird, did you know that? by Nimey · 2012-10-26 15:46 · Score: 4, Insightful

It's an important step forward, but only in Japan would hugging a chicken be an intermediate step.

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What's with the cutesy stuff? by thegarbz · 2012-10-26 15:58 · Score: 4, Insightful

Sending hugs over the internet has little practical purposes.
On the other hand you could solve a lot of the worlds problems if we could punch people in the face over the internet.