Fight You Own Muscles To Create Force-Feedback On Smartphones

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Fight You Own Muscles To Create Force-Feedback On Smartphones

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday February 3, 2013 @03:03AM from the isometric-gaming dept.

FatLittleMonkey writes "Researchers in Germany have developed a device that allows users of portable devices, such as smartphones, experience force-feedback from games using just their own muscles... and a small EMS device. When stimulated by a painless electric pulse, the player's arm moves the device in whichever direction the game commands. The player then fights the movement with their other muscles, creating a strong sensation that the device itself is bucking in their hands. According to the developers, users found the sensation much more realistic than traditional vibrotactile feedback. (Should make PvP more interesting too.)"

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Fight you muscles? by Lorens · 2013-02-03 03:08 · Score: 4, Funny

Why not "Fight You're Own Muscles", at least it's pronounced the same. Or is this Yoda-speak?
1. Re:Fight you muscles? by Ol+Biscuitbarrel · 2013-02-03 03:15 · Score: 1
  
  You're got to fight the muscles! Fight the muscles!
2. Re:Fight you muscles? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 03:21 · Score: 0
  
  "Fight You Own Muscles" oh look they've corrected it... no wait!!!
3. Re:Fight you muscles? by History's+Coming+To · 2013-02-03 03:22 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It's the oblivous error in the headline/summary. There's always at least one to get the comments going. Just ignore it, it's just the editors trolling.
  
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4. Re:Fight you muscles? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 03:34 · Score: 0
  
  YOUR own muscles...
5. Re:Fight you muscles? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 04:07 · Score: 0
  
  Oh I see what happened here...
  It was supposed to be: "Fight! You own muscles! Create force-feedback on smartphones."
6. Re:Fight you muscles? by Bing+Tsher+E · 2013-02-03 04:12 · Score: 1
  
  Fight You Are Own Muscles?
  Wow. You're as bad as the OP.
7. Re:Fight you muscles? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 04:18 · Score: 0
  
  Put fish in you mouth.
8. Re:Fight you muscles? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 04:21 · Score: 0
  
  Wooosh
9. Re:Fight you muscles? by pushing-robot · 2013-02-03 04:21 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, Slashdot Grammar Nazi! Whose awesome? Your awesome!
  Though the headline made sense to me; I just assumed the punctuation was lost:
  Fight—You Own Muscles!—To Create Force-Feedback On Smartphones
  
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10. Re:Fight you muscles? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 05:13 · Score: 0
  
  Oblivous?
11. Re:Fight you muscles? by History's+Coming+To · 2013-02-03 05:23 · Score: 1
  
  Bazinga.
  
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12. Re:Fight you muscles? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 05:28 · Score: 0
  
  Because that's bad grammar too! It should be "Fight Your Own Muscles" ("you're" is the contraction of "you are").
13. Re:Fight you muscles? by ArsonSmith · 2013-02-03 06:07 · Score: 1
  
  I would never question you're grammar Nazi skills.
  
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14. Re:Fight you muscles? by formfeed · 2013-02-03 06:28 · Score: 1
  
  Because that's bad grammar too! It should be "Fight Your Own Muscles" ("you're" is the contraction of "you are").
  You missed:
  
  "..at least it's pronounced the same."
  Grammar A, Reading skills F. The error in the OP was debilitated (that means "down on porpoise")
15. Re:Fight you muscles? by blind+biker · 2013-02-03 06:36 · Score: 1
  
  When I rad that, I thought "me muscles?" Which then reminded me of "oh, me bums!" and for that I am glad :D
  
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16. Re:Fight you muscles? by cvtan · 2013-02-03 07:10 · Score: 2
  
  Don't you mean YORE own muscles?
  
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17. Re:Fight you muscles? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 08:38 · Score: 0
  
  It'd be "Fight Your Own Muscles" not you're. That's like saying "Fight You Are Own Muscles"
18. Re:Fight you muscles? by DKlineburg · 2013-02-03 16:50 · Score: 1
  
  I thought the babble fish went into your ear.
  
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19. Re:Fight you muscles? by DKlineburg · 2013-02-03 16:52 · Score: 1
  
  It was done on a swimming mammal? That sounds dirty.
  
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20. Re:Fight you muscles? by azav · 2013-02-04 04:24 · Score: 1
  
  you're = you are
  Learn this.
  
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21. Re:Fight you muscles? by jamiesan · 2013-02-04 04:57 · Score: 1
  
  The emminence is inconvertible. I'm convenienced that they don't now what there talking about.
22. Re:Fight you muscles? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-05 12:43 · Score: 0
  
  http://memegenerator.net/instance/34418335
So...now we're not even proofreading the titles by Overzeetop · 2013-02-03 03:08 · Score: 4, Insightful

I'm not sure what to say here.

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1. Re:So...now we're not even proofreading the titles by Ol+Biscuitbarrel · 2013-02-03 03:17 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It sounds a bit street, maybe samzenpus is using Gizoogle.
2. Re:So...now we're not even proofreading the titles by TeknoHog · 2013-02-03 03:19 · Score: 1
  
  We're fighting our own spelling (by using this device while typing).
  
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3. Re:So...now we're not even proofreading the titles by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 10:11 · Score: 0
  
  It sounds a bit street, maybe samzenpus is using Gizoogle.
  Slashdot: Shit fo' nerds, shiznit dat matters
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This is the social media feature I was waiting for by zAPPzAPP · 2013-02-03 03:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Finally, I can make people punch themselves in the face over the internet.
MMMMWwwwwwwaaaHaHaHahaha! by Anne_Nonymous · 2013-02-03 03:17 · Score: 1

My drone army is almost complete!
Smartphone controls you by simplerThanPossible · 2013-02-03 03:18 · Score: 1

What could possibly go wrong?
1. Re:Smartphone controls you by cellocgw · 2013-02-04 05:19 · Score: 1
  
  "Smartphone controls you"
  Isn't that the basic state of affairs from the beginning of the Smartphone Era? So far as I can tell, most people are completely under the control of their Personal Smartphone Overlord.
  
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Stop hitting yourself! by Brandano · 2013-02-03 03:27 · Score: 4, Funny

Why are you hitting yourself?
Hmmm. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 03:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Anyone taking bets on when sex toys adapted with this should appear?
I give it six months.
1. Re:Hmmm. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 03:47 · Score: 0
  
  I'm guessing this doesn't have much use/appeal/real world applicability simply because there are no porn toys made with it yet :(
2. Re:Hmmm. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 05:15 · Score: 0
  
  I'm guessing this doesn't have much use/appeal/real world applicability simply because there are no porn toys made with it yet :(
  But it'll be pretty easy to make new toys that are controlled via bluetooth, and allows games to control them when you "score". Multiplayer would be hella fun.
  The other great part is the separation of concerns: game authors don't even have to advertise compatibility. It's just another bluetooth human interface device.
Sooo... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 03:35 · Score: 1

How many people are going to drop their phones because of this? Better have an otterbox iphone users!
1. Re:Sooo... by Sulphur · 2013-02-03 03:51 · Score: 2
  
  How many people are going to drop their phones because of this? Better have an otterbox iphone users!
  I tried to, but I couldn't let go.
2. Re:Sooo... by Bing+Tsher+E · 2013-02-03 04:15 · Score: 1
  
  I could see the Jobsians implementing this in their iPhone. "Hold the phone right, or the metal antenna band will administer a corrective jolt."
Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by peragrin · 2013-02-03 03:42 · Score: 3, Insightful

just imagine the porn industry uses for such tech.
No baby grip it tighter,

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Slashdot is getting worse by the day by XcepticZP · 2013-02-03 03:42 · Score: 0, Troll

It's like watching something die in slow-motion. What with the ever-desperate titles and articles, and the frequency with which Slashdot spews them out. Heck, most of those articles don't even break the 100-comment mark despite being geeky and/or interesting. People just don't bother anymore. It's really sad.
1. Re:Slashdot is getting worse by the day by reboot246 · 2013-02-03 10:34 · Score: 1
  
  Yes, slashdot is getting worse. What with editors who can't spell and users who don't know basic English grammar, it has become painful to read anything here.
  
  You would think that since most people here are educated, the commentary would be a little more intelligent. It's like reading comments from a bunch of twelve year olds. I guess we're watching the Beavis and Butthead generation now in their thirties.
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  You would think that since most people here are educated, the commentary would be a little more intelligent
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Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by hawkinspeter · 2013-02-03 03:51 · Score: 1

Are you sure you want electric shocks and your genitals in close vicinity?

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And think of the malware possibilities! by John+Hasler · 2013-02-03 03:55 · Score: 0

n/t

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1. Re:And think of the malware possibilities! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 04:14 · Score: 0
  
  Internet taser is finally here!
Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 04:04 · Score: 3, Funny

Are you sure you want electric shocks and your genitals in close vicinity?
On the other hand, am I sure that I don't?
Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 04:05 · Score: 0

Your organism does precisely that when it orgasms: little electric shocks. The only problem is figuring where, but genitals seem a good place to start rather than opening your cranium.
Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 04:17 · Score: 0

Are you sure you want electric shocks and your genitals in close vicinity?
On the other hand, am I sure that I don't?
All I want is electrical shocks to the genitals. It's the rest of your who are depraved.
Your by lightknight · 2013-02-03 04:23 · Score: 1

Your

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Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 04:37 · Score: 0

link1
link2
wikipedia
Tech is so far behind... by aaronb1138 · 2013-02-03 04:41 · Score: 2

Seriously, why are we just now getting to implement technology ideas from movies and TV from the 80's. The technology (EMS / NMS) has been around in compact form factor for just as long too.
Then again, I was working on touch screen based point of sale systems in the 90's and couldn't understand why nobody cared to consumerize the technology outside of specialty industrial niches. In all honesty though, part of the motivation was just to make head shots in Quake with my finger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIhk0US4i-I
(poor quality, meh)
1. Re:Tech is so far behind... by mooingyak · 2013-02-03 05:05 · Score: 1
  
  Not to mention all the FTL tech that people thought of even before then. Seriously, this world is just full of slackers.
  
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2. Re:Tech is so far behind... by aaronb1138 · 2013-02-03 06:06 · Score: 1
  
  I'm not talking about ideas for which there is no current implementation. I'm talking speaking specifically about fusions of technology where both the idea and the parts to implement just sat on the shelf unexplored.
3. Re:Tech is so far behind... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-05 12:52 · Score: 0
  
  Dreaming it up is easy.. demonstrating it is easy.. putting into practical usage is hard.
  Tablets have been floating around imagination for decades, there were several prototypes/demonstrations and attempts at commercialization but it was only recently that it's gotten a hold.
  Satellites... Arthur C. Clark... Sputnik... DirectTV.
  EMS has been around forever. And yes they can be pretty small now... but you still have to stick pads in the right places and typically you need to apply some sort of conduction gel to make it painless. I don't see this going outside the lab/demo stage.
SMACK! by MindPrison · 2013-02-03 04:57 · Score: 1

Sorry officer, my samsung phone made me do it...

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Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 05:24 · Score: 0

Finally, I can make people punch themselves in the face over the internet.
The new feature all service providers will love!
Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 05:55 · Score: 0

Just playing cap'n obvious for those couple who did not understand.
Linky~
Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by drainbramage · 2013-02-03 06:07 · Score: 1

Which hand wast that again?
Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

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Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 07:13 · Score: 0

Not paying attention again?
This is a regular thing in the fetish world.
The world is much stranger than you can ever imagine.
Interestingly enough... by The_Revelation · 2013-02-03 10:10 · Score: 1

Overdosing on gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (gHb) produces much the same effect, although possibly in a more horrific way.... maybe.
Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 13:28 · Score: 0

.. grip it tighter.

What? Whaddaya mean I have to use my own hands? Yeah, the future of VR sex is shining brightly!
Don't play Tekken on this system... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 13:54 · Score: 0

Especially against Anna or Nina... They have some bad habits...
In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 15:05 · Score: 0

Video game controls YOU!
Sorry, couldn't help it, it was just too damn perfect!
Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by FatLittleMonkey · 2013-02-03 19:40 · Score: 1

Oh don't worry, I got plenty slapped for that you/your in the title.

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This on a Wiimote by Zeroedout · 2013-02-03 22:04 · Score: 1

in 2006, Nintendo would've had their execs blow them daily for this. Still though, it would make sword play and shooters even better. Imagine knifing someone and getting resistence....
PVP Situations by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-04 03:12 · Score: 0

I can see the following in PVP.
"Why are you hitting yourself?" pow, "Why are you hitting yourself?" pow.
Could also be used to make the idiots walking and texting pay attention.
What's to stop someone also from programming it to force your fingers open? Even that one little second that your fingers aren't touching it is long enough for gravity to act.
Do try not to fuck up the title of your post. by azav · 2013-02-04 04:26 · Score: 1

It's "your muscles", not "you muscles" or "you're muscles".
Hopefully, you're past fourth grade. You should know how to do this by now.

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Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by LoRdTAW · 2013-02-04 06:09 · Score: 1

Some people do: [NSFW] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_electrostimulation
Still proofreading, to add bad grammer: by psithurism · 2013-02-05 07:06 · Score: 1

Slashdot stories seem to be rated on the number of comments they generate; a simple factual report will disappear if you don't generate 100 or so comments about grammatical errors.
Seems like a pretty sweet application of EMS though.
1983 Called... by Wolfrider · 2013-02-05 09:24 · Score: 1

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/ man, Basinger was TEH HOTTIE

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