sufficientlyantique:
Remote physical interaction is the next great thing. Remote operated humanoid robots may be obviated by remote operated surfaces in many circumstances. For a first generation, this is very impressive. Successive generations of this technology are natural follow-ons, and will likely improve the resolution and sensitivity of the local and remote media, and perhaps add additional “senses” like haptic feedback and temperature.
Tangible Media MIT’s Tangible Media is coming along nicely, “Almost like a table of living clay, the inFORM is a surface that three-dimensionally changes shape, allowing users to not only interact with digital content in meatspace, but even hold hands with a person hundreds of miles away. And that’s only the beginning.”
