컴속에서 실제 애정생활...

Sangeeta Dutta and her small daughter Anushna sit at a high-speed broadband internet cafe

in Calcutta, May 11, 2004. Singapore scientists looking for ways to transmit the sense of touch

over the Internet have devised a vibration jacket for chickens and are thinking about electronic

children's pajamas for cyberspace hugs. (Jayanta Shaw/Reuters)

인터넷을 통해 엄마의 토닥거리는 손길이 얘기에게 전달되고 엄마의 감정이 얘들에게

전달되도록 쪼끼를 만들 얘기와 애완 동물에 입힌다고 한다. 그러니 이제야 멀리 앉아

웹캠으로 얼굴 보면서 마음으로 얼마든지 포옹 허깅이 가능하니 그 이상이 이뤄지는 것도

이젠 시간문제 그래 이 춘 날씨에 컴 속에서 애정 사랑 포옹을 ...

Singapore scientists embrace plan for cyberhugs

Mon Nov 28,11:39 AM ET

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore scientists looking for ways to transmit the sense of touch over

the Internet have devised a vibration jacket for chickens and are thinking about electronic children's

pyjamas for cyberspace hugs.

A wireless jacket for chickens or other pets can be controlled with a computer and gives the animal

the feeling of being touched by its owner, researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) told

Monday's edition of The Straits Times.

The next step would be to use the same concept to transmit hugs over the Internet, it said.

"These days, parents go on a lot of business trips, but with children, hugging and touching are very important,"

the paper quoted NTU Associate Professor Adrian David Cheok as saying.

NTU is thinking of a pyjama suit for children, which would use the Internet to adjust changes in pressure

and temperature to simulate the feeling of being hugged. Parents wearing a similar suit could be "hugged"

back by their children, the paper said.