From: cphoenix@csli.Stanford.EDU (Chris Phoenix)
Subject: Re: clarification about the data glove
Date: 20 Apr 90 21:31:22 GMT
Organization: Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford U.



In article <10707@alice.UUCP> ches@alice.UUCP (Bill Cheswick) writes:
>We have one.  There is no tactile feedback mechanism on the glove they
>sold us recently.  I visited them last fall and asked.  They don't want
>anything requiring electricity in the glove for liability reasons.

Something about this doesn't seem quite right.  For one thing, the voltage
required to drive a tactile feedback mechanism could probably be made too 
low to feel, much less be dangerous.  For another thing, the Eyephones use 
much higher voltage, and next to your head instead of your hands.  And for
a third, the design I saw had a plug for electricity in the wrist area.  Of
course, this design also had the tactile pads.  Could we have some comments 
from people who know the technology?  How easy is it to avoid any danger 
from electricity used to drive the tactile feedback?

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