This lack of physical contact gave scientists at Stanford University in Silicon Valley a great idea around Millie Salvato. She imagined a process that allows to send hugs physically felt by their recipient.
The device comes in the form of a cuff, to be put on the forearm, capable of reproducing human touch. To experiment, the team identified 661 “ways of touching the other”, and transcribed these prehensions through eight discs placed in the cuff. These are the discs that vibrate and produce pressure on the forearm, these corresponding to…