Unbelievable Technology

• Posted by T Ghosh January 31, 2014 - Filed in Technology - #Technology  #character  #book  #feel  - 1,275 views

  Scientific Researchers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) media lab have designed a book that can be worn and  make readers quite literally feel what the book's characters are feeling and emotion.  
  
   The Girl who has plugged In is the name of the bookis part of an MIT project called 'Sensory Fiction'. 
  
  Book includes 150 LED lights and a series of sensors and actuators wired to a vest that readers wear. 
  
  Depending on how the plot unfolds, the augmented book generates vibrations and ambient light to simulate a character or story's mood, said a press release issued by MIT. 
  
  "The Sensory Fiction author is provided with new means of conveying plot, mood and emotion while still allowing space for the reader's imagination," said the release. 
  
  A fearful passage triggers the vest's body compression system to constrict and get tighter around the wearer's stomach and back to get the exact feeling . 
  
  Vibration patterns during exciting passages cause the heart rate to increase, while more sombre moments might trigger a soft, dark light.