A woman kisses a plastic pad attached to her smartphone to send a tele-kiss to the person she's video chatting with. London haptic researchers have developed a device to add to a cell phone that will allow remote persons kiss, as described in an IEEE Spectrum article. And since “a picture is worth a thousand words”: No doubt a wider range of haptic appliances will follow. A major U.S. phone company used to have the slogan “reach out and touch someone.” Perhaps our mobile devices are headed that way.
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