Cyberhugs

[Candy]

Cyberhugs (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10243378/)
SINGAPORE - Singapore scientists looking for ways to transmit the sense of touch over the Internet have devised a vibration jacket for chickens and are thinking about electronic children's pyjamas for cyberspace hugs.
Sounds a little weird to me. :think:

[LurchGS]

the word you are looking for is 'disturbing'

[Candy]

I like the hug part, but not for kids. That just seems creepy. Unless, there are special codes or something...

[teri tait]

What if the pjs short circuit and cyber-molest the little buggers? Who to sue then? Of course, it could open a new and lucrative branch of psychology....[hmmmm, tell me about your pajamas...]

[Dark Jaguar]

Am I the only one who thought this was some sort of e-card involving a bear that "wuvs you beary much"?

[Gullible Jones]

Dataflow is money/blood, the living substance of our human rivers/arteries. You can steamboat the big flow, or slowly raft these rivers up and down the world, or canoe into branches and backwaters...

- Greg Bear, Slant

Welcome to the new world, folks. It's a big world out there, brighter and more beautiful and more dangerous than it ever was.

[Stregone]

That would be so awesome if I could give any l33t d00ds and griefers I see in online games a nice cyber kick to the face.

[Grey]

"These days, parents go on a lot of business trips, but with children, hugging and touching are very important," the paper quoted NTU Associate Professor Adrian David Cheok as saying.

NTU is thinking of a pyjama suit for children, which would use the Internet to adjust changes in pressure and temperature to simulate the feeling of being hugged. Parents wearing a similar suit could be "hugged" back by their children, the paper said. So, let me get this straight. Parents are too busy to actually spend time and have physical contact with their children, and the proposed solution is not to work on finding ways for them to actually be with their children more, but instead to come up with a device to hug their children for them. Maybe you can just set it up on a timer, to automatically hug your child at preset times of the day. :rolleyes:

I'm certain that this kind of technology will also be put to less savory uses, but frankly, I mostly find it worrisome that anyone thinks this is a good solution to the perceived problem.

[teri tait]

Wouldn't it be fun to have cyber biatch slaps...cyber gooses...cyber 'wet ear willies'...endless possibilities!