Remote hugging via cyberpajamas?

Singapore scientists looking for ways to transmit the sense of touch over the Internet have devised a vibration jacket for chickens and are thinking about electronic children's pajamas for cyberspace hugs. A wireless jacket for chickens or other pets can be controlled with a computer and gives the animal the feeling of being touched by its owner, according to Nanyang Technological University researchers who were quoted in Monday's edition of The Straits Times. The next step would be to use the same concept to transmit hugs over the Internet, they said.

"These days, parents go on a lot of business trips, but with children, hugging and touching are very important," the paper quoted NTU Associate Professor Adrian David Cheok as saying. NTU is thinking of a pajama suit for children, which would use the Internet to adjust changes in pressure and temperature to simulate the feeling of being hugged. Parents wearing a similar suit could be "hugged" back by their children, the paper said.

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[jmassey--2008]

cyberjamas?

This seems like its following the lines of cyber__x. It sounds like a new breakthrough for petafiles to obtain even more satisfaction from innocent little children. I do not like this at all, my child, no matter how sincere this is supposed to be, would never see the likes of this!

[abcd3fg]

petafiles?

I wasn't aware that 1 quadrillion files were capable of obtaining satisfaction from innocent little children. I don't see how these cyber pajamas would enable PEDOPHILEs to get satisfaction. What are they going to do? Steal a parent's cyber pajamas to give that parent's kid a hug? Although I agree with the fact that this could have uses along the lines of adult toys, I don't think parents would outfit their kids with a "cybersex" version of the cyber pajamas so that pedophiles could remotely molest their children.