Haptic Glove Lets You Feel Distant Objects Underwater (discovery.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Ph.D. candidates Aisen Caro Chacin and Takeshi Ozu at Japan's Tsukuba University have created a haptic sonar glove that allows wearers to "feel" objects that are out of reach underwater. "IrukaTact" uses sonar to detect items from a distance, and applies increasing pressure to the fingertips as the user moves closer. The glove has been packaged as a DIY kit that could potentially be used to search for victims or sunken objects, as well as for specific hazards, such as sinkholes.

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Remotely groping people in Tokyo's subways

[ffkom]

This coming from Japan I just cannot resist the urge to predict the first "killer application" for this technology: Not for tedious underwater work, of course, but for remotely groping foreign people without being noticed in Tokyo's packed subways. ;-)