| dc.contributor.advisor | Boyce Rensberger. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Bullis, Kevin (Kevin James) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | MIT Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-11-15T18:08:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-11-15T18:08:20Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2005 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39438 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, 2005. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaf 51). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Thomas Massie invented the Phantom, a computer peripheral for simulating the sense of touch, that became the de facto device for haptics research. The thesis recounts the story of Massie, his invention, and present and potential applications as varied as telesurgery and teledildonics. Along the way the thesis explores the science of touch and considers the implications of the fact that perhaps the most reassuring and intimate of senses can be simulated. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Kevin Bullis. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 51 leaves | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
| dc.subject | Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies. | en_US |
| dc.title | When machines touch back : simulating-- and stimulating-- the most intimate of senses | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.M. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | MIT Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 64637818 | en_US |
