Haptic communication
May 29th, 2009 by rbanks
Immersion’s New Haptic Touchscreen Tech Encourages Corny iPhone Romance
“Immersive Messaging, on the other hand, is a cornball idea that’s essentially text messaging gussied up with haptic feedback: You can send a heart design to your significant other, and he or she can feel it “beating,” which kind of sounds more scary than romantic to me. They dub such icons “Hapticons.” Even further, they announced “Twiddling,” which is essentially a separate app in which two people can “feel” each other through haptic feedback on their iPhones.” 
Gizmodo
