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Brave New "Feelies"

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
July
Year
1974
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Are you ready for the "feelies"?

A Bell Laboratories engineer has developed a device which creates false sensations of touch.

Engineer Michael Noll calls the gadget a "machine communication tactile device"-or "feelies" for short. The machine enables people to feel three dimensional objects that don't exist, by using a computer hooked up to a grasped knob.

The computer can cause a person to feel a rubber sphere suspended in space, a cube, or several other shapes. Variety magazine suggests that feelies might some day be used in conjunction with home tv to create all kinds of weird impressions.

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