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TapTap: A Haptic Wearable for Asynchronous Distributed Touch Therapy [share project]

TapTap is a wearable haptic system that allows nurturing human touch to be recorded, broadcast and played back for emotional therapy. Haptic input/output modules in a convenient modular scarf provide affectionate touch that can be personalized.
OPDB #1063
By Cati Vaucelle
license
Attribution, Non-commercial, No Derivatives
entered February 11, 2006

Description:  Based on haptic devices, taptap can be re-configured to record and play back the touch that is most meaningful to each user. It is made from felt in two layers: one grey one that faces the public and a pink layer that touches you and contains the haptic modules in specially designed pockets. Taptap can be worn as a... [show more]

 
On this picture, I wear our second prototype