Your Facebook Likes Conveyed As Simulated Hugs 40
mikejuk writes "Next time you're dreaming up ways to make the users of your apps feel loved and wanted, think a little more wildly. How about giving them an actual hug? That's what MIT researchers Melissa Chow and her colleagues Andy Payne and Phil Seaton at MIT have come up with — a jacket that hugs the wearer when one of their friends 'likes' one of their posts on Facebook. The Like-A-Hug vest is described as receiving a signal when a Facebook friend 'likes' a post, then fills with air to give the wearer the sensation of being hugged."
Seriously what? (Score:2)
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No, the jacket just inflates more, so your ribs break.
No worries, because it only happens whenever you are unfriended.
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I'm not sure if giving 4chan the ability to finally beat people up physically over the internet is the wisest idea!
It this a conspiracy? (Score:3, Funny)
They (you know who) are subtly diluting the meaning of an "actual hug"! But for what end?
Re:It this a conspiracy? (Score:5, Interesting)
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They are doing it? Well, then there's no danger. Now if THEY start doing it, then it's time to get frightened.
Silly Inadequate (Score:1)
Who would want such a vest? It just wouldn't feel the same. Human contact is great but it feels different depending on which human you are contacting. A vest isn't human at all, so it will feel like accidentally touching a stranger or something like that. It won't produce a nice warm and fuzzy feeling. I think these people at MIT need to get out more. They work like crazy over there.
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Now, you can blow up actually knowing that indeed your guru/master/whatever likes what you are doing, it's a total garantee to end up in paradise
This is too nice. (Score:2)
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Save Africa with your likes! (Score:1)
DSOIP (Score:1)
Still waiting for Dope Slap Over IP...
What about dislikes? (Score:1)
They should add bare wires inside the jacket so that dislikes are conveyed as a very mild electric shock.
Oh. a like jacket...For the internet Titanic (Score:1)
How about a dildo instead? Then you can feel the love every time you log into Facebook.
Is there a smaller version? (Score:1)
Interesting invention, but I'm wondering if it's possible to miniatrize the technology into something other than a vest. It should look like sock, just much smaller...
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Well, there is the "Fleshlight" for folks like you...
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So the corresponding Facebook-aware product would be a "Fleshlike"?
Anal Probe (Score:2)
So the corresponding Facebook-aware product would be a "Fleshlike"?
Considering many people's obsession with Facebook, an electronic device used for masturbation that was somehow connected to Facebook activity seems like a potential "killer app". I see millions in sales! And think of the advertising tie-ins...
But, I think this device would probably take the form of some sort of anal probe.
Re:MIT has sunk to a new low. (Score:4, Interesting)
Coming from MIT myself, troll, I can say that they would kick you out for your attitude.
Boa remote-kill (Score:1)
If you mass-hug someone, he/she will be crushed to death.
No (Score:2)
How many does it take? (Score:2)