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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark.shuttleworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 On 12/08/10 18:58, Robbie Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 18:40 +0100, Duncan McGreggor wrote: 
>> A gem from slashdot via Stephen Webb:
>>
>>    http://bit.ly/dybNrQ
>>
>> "A new covering developed by Senseg and Toshiba Information Systems 
>> gives touchpads, LCDs, and other curved surfaces (eg. cellphones) 
>> programmable texture using a high-resolution electrotactile array — a 
>> grid of electrodes that excite nerves in the skin with small pulses of 
>> current to trick the body into perceiving texture, pressure, or 
>> pin-pricks depending on the current amplitude and electrode resolution. 
> ...or shock the hell out of you and even stop pacemakers. LOL ;)

Only if there's a bug in the kernel driver ;-)

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