Fight You Own Muscles To Create Force-Feedback On Smartphones 72
FatLittleMonkey writes "Researchers in Germany have developed a device that allows users of portable devices, such as smartphones, experience force-feedback from games using just their own muscles... and a small EMS device. When stimulated by a painless electric pulse, the player's arm moves the device in whichever direction the game commands. The player then fights the movement with their other muscles, creating a strong sensation that the device itself is bucking in their hands. According to the developers, users found the sensation much more realistic than traditional vibrotactile feedback. (Should make PvP more interesting too.)"
Fight you muscles? (Score:5, Funny)
Why not "Fight You're Own Muscles", at least it's pronounced the same. Or is this Yoda-speak?
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You're got to fight the muscles! Fight the muscles! [youtube.com]
Re:Fight you muscles? (Score:5, Funny)
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Fight You Are Own Muscles?
Wow. You're as bad as the OP.
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Yeah, Slashdot Grammar Nazi! Whose awesome? Your awesome!
Though the headline made sense to me; I just assumed the punctuation was lost:
Fight—You Own Muscles!—To Create Force-Feedback On Smartphones
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Because that's bad grammar too! It should be "Fight Your Own Muscles" ("you're" is the contraction of "you are").
You missed:
"..at least it's pronounced the same."
Grammar A, Reading skills F. The error in the OP was debilitated (that means "down on porpoise")
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I would never question you're grammar Nazi skills.
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When I rad that, I thought "me muscles?" Which then reminded me of "oh, me bums!" [youtube.com] and for that I am glad :D
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you're = you are
Learn this.
So...now we're not even proofreading the titles (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm not sure what to say here.
Re:So...now we're not even proofreading the titles (Score:5, Funny)
It sounds a bit street, maybe samzenpus is using Gizoogle. [gizoogle.net]
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Still proofreading, to add bad grammer: (Score:2)
Slashdot stories seem to be rated on the number of comments they generate; a simple factual report will disappear if you don't generate 100 or so comments about grammatical errors.
Seems like a pretty sweet application of EMS though.
This is the social media feature I was waiting for (Score:5, Funny)
Finally, I can make people punch themselves in the face over the internet.
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just imagine the porn industry uses for such tech.
No baby grip it tighter,
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Are you sure you want electric shocks and your genitals in close vicinity?
On the other hand, am I sure that I don't?
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Which hand wast that again?
Maybe I'm doing it wrong.
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Some people do: [NSFW] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_electrostimulation [wikipedia.org]
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Oh don't worry, I got plenty slapped for that you/your in the title.
MMMMWwwwwwwaaaHaHaHahaha! (Score:1)
My drone army is almost complete!
Smartphone controls you (Score:1)
What could possibly go wrong?
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"Smartphone controls you"
Isn't that the basic state of affairs from the beginning of the Smartphone Era? So far as I can tell, most people are completely under the control of their Personal Smartphone Overlord.
Stop hitting yourself! (Score:5, Funny)
Sooo... (Score:1)
How many people are going to drop their phones because of this? Better have an otterbox iphone users!
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How many people are going to drop their phones because of this? Better have an otterbox iphone users!
I tried to, but I couldn't let go.
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I could see the Jobsians implementing this in their iPhone. "Hold the phone right, or the metal antenna band will administer a corrective jolt."
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You would think that since most people here are educated, the commentary would be a little more intelligent
In some sense, it is: try reading the comments threads on yahoo news for a sampling of the average (hah) American's level of literacy.
And think of the malware possibilities! (Score:1)
n/t
Your (Score:2)
Your [troll.me]
Tech is so far behind... (Score:3)
Seriously, why are we just now getting to implement technology ideas from movies and TV from the 80's. The technology (EMS / NMS) has been around in compact form factor for just as long too.
Then again, I was working on touch screen based point of sale systems in the 90's and couldn't understand why nobody cared to consumerize the technology outside of specialty industrial niches. In all honesty though, part of the motivation was just to make head shots in Quake with my finger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIhk0US4i-I [youtube.com]
(poor quality, meh)
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Not to mention all the FTL tech that people thought of even before then. Seriously, this world is just full of slackers.
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I'm not talking about ideas for which there is no current implementation. I'm talking speaking specifically about fusions of technology where both the idea and the parts to implement just sat on the shelf unexplored.
SMACK! (Score:2)
Interestingly enough... (Score:1)
This on a Wiimote (Score:1)
Do try not to fuck up the title of your post. (Score:2)
It's "your muscles", not "you muscles" or "you're muscles".
Hopefully, you're past fourth grade. You should know how to do this by now.
1983 Called... (Score:2)
--Max Largo wants a rematch with 007.
/ man, Basinger was TEH HOTTIE