Comments on: A Vibrating Glove That Actually Enhances Your Sense of Touch http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/08/a-vibrating-glove-that-actually-enhances-your-sense-of-touch/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Crow http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/08/a-vibrating-glove-that-actually-enhances-your-sense-of-touch/#comment-28861 Crow Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:19:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=30954#comment-28861 Curious what the effect of the high frequency vibration would be on long term nerve response though. Curious what the effect of the high frequency vibration would be on long term nerve response though.

]]> By: Ted Pavlic http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/08/a-vibrating-glove-that-actually-enhances-your-sense-of-touch/#comment-28860 Ted Pavlic Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:21:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=30954#comment-28860 This seems similar (identical?) to that non-linear resonance study from a few years ago where older people were given special shoes that were excited randomly via small electrical stimulus. The noise generated at the feet greatly increased the balance of the individuals. That is, when the signal was turned on, individuals standing in one place were able to regulate their vertical stability more tightly and rocked less. Sounds pretty much the same here, but with hands. Unfortunately, I cannot find the study. I feel like I read about it in Discover or SciAm though. EDIT: Now that I read the story, I see the stochastic resonance article is mentioned directly. So I guess the contribution is stated explicitly. This seems similar (identical?) to that non-linear resonance study from a few years ago where older people were given special shoes that were excited randomly via small electrical stimulus. The noise generated at the feet greatly increased the balance of the individuals. That is, when the signal was turned on, individuals standing in one place were able to regulate their vertical stability more tightly and rocked less.

Sounds pretty much the same here, but with hands.

Unfortunately, I cannot find the study. I feel like I read about it in Discover or SciAm though.

EDIT: Now that I read the story, I see the stochastic resonance article is mentioned directly. So I guess the contribution is stated explicitly.

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