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title: Touch people over the Internet
date: "2002-10-30T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1060
description: I discuss technology allowing touch over the internet and express my desire for sensory expansion into taste and smell, specifically so I can sample recipes online while browsing the web.
keywords: [haptic technology, internet, sensory input, taste, smell, telepresence]
---

You can hear people over the Internet. You can see people over the Internet. Now [you can touch people over the Internet](http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2124692,00.html). When can we smell and taste them? Or are these senses too mundane to worry about? I, for one, would be very happy to be able to taste recipes online. [via Ravikiran](http://www.ravikiran.com/?RequestId=59)