| Title:
| Prospects keep hand on the stick, eye on the screen
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| Description:
| Scouting young hockey prospects is, at best, an inexact science. Something Lauren Sergio is aiming to change with the help of her trusty “force field-creating robotic arm.” ... It was developed in the artificial intelligence lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by researchers who went on to found SensAble Technologies Inc. Using haptic – or artificial touch – technology, it allows the user to feel and manipulate objects in a virtual environment. Similar technology is used by scientists at the Canadian Space Agency to manipulate robotic arms and by medical students to practise surgeries on virtual patients by simulating the textures of bones and tissues.
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| Author:
| Matt Hartley
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| Orig. Date:
| September 22, 2008
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| Source:
| Globe and Mail
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| Subject:
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| Contributor:
| Bruce Buchanan
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| Comments:
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| Type:
| Text
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| Language:
| English
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| Format:
| html
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| Last Edit:
| Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:32:14 -0700
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