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Fight You Own Muscles To Create Force-Feedback On Smartphones

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Fight you muscles? by Lorens · · 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 · · Score: 1

      You're got to fight the muscles! Fight the muscles!

    2. Re:Fight you muscles? by History's+Coming+To · · 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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    3. Re:Fight you muscles? by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 1

      Fight You Are Own Muscles?

      Wow. You're as bad as the OP.

    4. Re:Fight you muscles? by pushing-robot · · 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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    5. Re:Fight you muscles? by History's+Coming+To · · Score: 1

      Bazinga.

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    6. Re:Fight you muscles? by ArsonSmith · · Score: 1

      I would never question you're grammar Nazi skills.

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    7. Re:Fight you muscles? by formfeed · · 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")

    8. Re:Fight you muscles? by blind+biker · · 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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    9. Re:Fight you muscles? by cvtan · · Score: 2

      Don't you mean YORE own muscles?

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    10. Re:Fight you muscles? by DKlineburg · · Score: 1

      I thought the babble fish went into your ear.

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    11. Re:Fight you muscles? by DKlineburg · · Score: 1

      It was done on a swimming mammal? That sounds dirty.

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    12. Re:Fight you muscles? by azav · · Score: 1

      you're = you are

      Learn this.

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    13. Re:Fight you muscles? by jamiesan · · Score: 1

      The emminence is inconvertible. I'm convenienced that they don't now what there talking about.

  2. So...now we're not even proofreading the titles by Overzeetop · · 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 · · 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 · · Score: 1

      We're fighting our own spelling (by using this device while typing).

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  3. This is the social media feature I was waiting for by zAPPzAPP · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, I can make people punch themselves in the face over the internet.

  4. MMMMWwwwwwwaaaHaHaHahaha! by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 1

    My drone army is almost complete!

  5. Smartphone controls you by simplerThanPossible · · Score: 1

    What could possibly go wrong?

    1. Re:Smartphone controls you by cellocgw · · 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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  6. Stop hitting yourself! by Brandano · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why are you hitting yourself?

  7. Sooo... by Anonymous Coward · · 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 · · 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 · · 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."

  8. Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by peragrin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    just imagine the porn industry uses for such tech.

    No baby grip it tighter,

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  9. Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by hawkinspeter · · Score: 1

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

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  10. Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by Anonymous Coward · · 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?

  11. Your by lightknight · · Score: 1

    Your

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  12. Tech is so far behind... by aaronb1138 · · 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 · · 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 · · 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.

  13. SMACK! by MindPrison · · Score: 1

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

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  14. Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by drainbramage · · Score: 1

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

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  15. Interestingly enough... by The_Revelation · · Score: 1

    Overdosing on gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (gHb) produces much the same effect, although possibly in a more horrific way.... maybe.

  16. Re:Slashdot is getting worse by the day by reboot246 · · 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.

  17. Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by FatLittleMonkey · · Score: 1

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

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  18. This on a Wiimote by Zeroedout · · 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....

  19. Do try not to fuck up the title of your post. by azav · · 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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  20. Re:Slashdot is getting worse by the day by cellocgw · · Score: 1

    You would think that since most people here are educated, the commentary would be a little more intelligent

    In some sense, it is: try reading the comments threads on yahoo news for a sampling of the average (hah) American's level of literacy.

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  21. Re:This is the social media feature I was waiting by LoRdTAW · · Score: 1

    Some people do: [NSFW] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_electrostimulation

  22. Still proofreading, to add bad grammer: by psithurism · · 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.

  23. 1983 Called... by Wolfrider · · Score: 1

    --Max Largo wants a rematch with 007.

    / man, Basinger was TEH HOTTIE

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