29 Oct '14 09:52>
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-haptomime-mid-air-interaction-video.html
If this device isn't brilliant, I don't know the definition of the word!
If this device isn't brilliant, I don't know the definition of the word!
Originally posted by sonhouseThat looks really cool!
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-haptomime-mid-air-interaction-video.html
If this device isn't brilliant, I don't know the definition of the word!
Originally posted by humyFunny you should mention that, my son Kevin has the same problem in his feet and hands, but if you saw the video they aimed the vibrations at a plate of water and you could see the surface pushed in a bit but it wasn't an extreme effect, it didn't make the water boil up or anything so I think the feeling would be not strong. You might see if you get effected by an ultrasound imager head, the energy level there is very high compared to what they would be using.
That looks really cool!
But I am concerned that it uses ultrasound to create tactile sensation. My concern with that is that the vibration that it could put on the soft tissue of the few people like me who have the extreme form of Reynolds syndrome, which causes amongst other things extreme sensitivity to vibration that causes pain and eventual loss of bloo ...[text shortened]... ame devastating way so perhaps it would be all right for people like me? -does anyone here know?
Originally posted by sonhouse
Funny you should mention that, my son Kevin has the same problem in his feet and hands, but if you saw the video they aimed the vibrations at a plate of water and you could see the surface pushed in a bit but it wasn't an extreme effect, it didn't make the water boil up or anything so I think the feeling would be not strong. You might see if you get effecte ...[text shortened]... ergy on one spot. Anyway you would have to feel it to decide if it would effect your pain level.
Funny you should mention that, my son Kevin has the same problem in his feet and hands,
you would have to feel it to decide if it would effect your pain level.
Originally posted by twhiteheadYes, I misspelt that. Sorry about that. Although it is also sometimes called ""Raynaud's syndrome". Other names include "hypersensitivity to the cold" and, depending on symptoms, "white finger".
I had never heard of it.
Did you spell it wrong in your previous post?
Is this it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raynaud%27s_phenomenon