Tactile Displays are Starting to Emerge

This new type of display technology will allow you to feel pressure. A body suit of this type would allow for full body telepresence, and virtual reality.
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Artificial Skin that can Detect Heat and Touch

Using carbon nanotubes scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Nanomaterials Synthesis and Properties Group are creating advanced artificial skin with their FILMskin project.
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CAVEman "4D" Virtual Man Allows for Greater In Depth Study

This visual system allows you to "see" diseases working and the effects of interventions, such as drugs, on these diseases. After they add in real time scanning it will just keep getting more useful.
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GestureTek Multi-Touch Illuminate Table

Surface computing is getting closer to your table.
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New Virtual Touch Surface Helps Manufacturing

By using a virtual touch display manufacturers are able to virtually follow a manufacturing process from start to finish, and by means of the touch screen, adjust it.
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