Scientists Develop iPhone Tickling Transmission

itwbennett writes "Last week, a video circulated of how Japanese scientists were working on a machine that lets you kiss over the Internet. Now, the same team is working on a project that would let two iPhone users tickle each other's palms (or, presumably, other body parts) across the Internet."

A new type of cyber crime?

[Eulogistics]

So people can be (or at least feel) molested over the internet now?

Wow ...

[gstoddart]

Well, I'm glad to hear that scientists are still treating teledildonics [wikipedia.org] as a viable research area.

Me, I don't think I want a phone that attempt to perform anything which resembles physical intimacy ... that just sounds nasty.

Good for deafblind people

[apetrelli]

After all it's not so stupid. I think it could be used for tactile signing for deafblind people.