MIT researchers are currently working on smart gloves that could significantly change the way we learn.
Smart gloves should be used in a wide variety of areas of life. (Source: MIT)
Scientists at MIT have developed smart gloves that can record, transmit and output haptic feedback. The technology could bring about groundbreaking changes in a wide variety of areas. For example, use in augmented reality or virtual reality applications could be improved. In this way, the sensations of grasping an object or pressing a button could be imitated.
How Techspot reports, the gloves could also be used to learn new skills – such as playing the piano. Here, the smart gloves could provide haptic feedback as to which finger needs to be moved to play a key sequence.
The gloves could also be used for training purposes in other areas, such as pilots or surgeons. The technology can also help control robots more precisely. Using haptic feedback, the researchers were able to tell a robot how much pressure it had to apply when gripping objects.
Haptic feedback via embroidery machine
The required components are integrated into the gloves using a digital embroidery machine. These have to be adjusted for each person because their tactile perception is different. However, the personalization process should only take around 15 seconds.
The gloves have also been used in video games. Here, the haptic feedback was tested, among other things, in racing games or when maintaining a rhythm. Interesting: Players with smart gloves actually performed better than those without the gloves.
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