Love gloves help connect long distances

For a long time, love is always a form of emotional relationship with the highest risk of "interruption" because it lacks close interactions. Recently, scientists have come up with a type of technology glove that can help heal somewhat for those couples.

Flex-N-Feel is the name of this technology glove . It was designed by researchers at Simon Fraser University (SFU) as a solution to help lovers who are thousands of kilometers away still get the "warm" feeling of the other.

Although the love of the past few years has been improved thanks to the introduction of SMS, IM (instant messaging like Y! M, Facebook, Skype, Line .), even the support of the whole video chat, but the flashing images on the screen still can't compensate for the "lack" of physical interaction. Especially when one of you has a sad affair, the feeling of having someone next to you unconscious is one of the most essential things to keep a relationship. And it is not too difficult to understand why so many lovers are broken because they often feel lonely when they are.

Flex-N-Feel is a glove that incorporates collision sensors located in the palm and fingers.

Of course, the Flex-N-Feel cannot compensate for all the physical interactions between people. But there's a little more than that. And aside from this glove, we have also seen other distance-linking technologies like "technology kisses" or more "sex robots" . What Song says, every technology has its own limitations, and Flex-N-Feel mainly focuses on common interactions that we don't need to be shy about even in an Internet cafe. or in crowded places - loving touches.

Carman Neustaedter, head of research at SFU, said: "Users can simulate gestures such as touching their hands, holding hands, or giving each other a hug. The act of bending fingers is one The most basic and elegant ways to simulate contact ".

Structurally, Flex-N-Feel is a glove that integrates additional collision sensors located in the palm and fingers. When users perform touches, touch or bend fingers, these sensors will measure and transmit signals to the other glove to simulate the behavior. Currently, the glove is still only in research form and is being tested further. Neustaedter said that if a pair of gloves only allowed one-way signal transmission, the two pairs of gloves could send signals in both directions at the same time.

In addition to Flex-N-Feel, other SFU research teams also work on VR projects to simulate the experience between people and people. They can even combine the upper glove with VR glasses so that users can "see" and "touch" at the same time (telepresence) . Robots are also included in the test to help improve the level of experience.

According to Neustaedter: "Love is becoming more and more popular today. But distance does not mean having to accept physical sharing and existence. If humans cannot exist physically. Together, we hope to create the best technology solutions to help them. "