1.1 What is *Haptics*? Haptics refers to sensing and manipulation through touch. The word comes from the Greek ‘haptesthai’‚ meaning ‘to touch’. The history of the haptic interface dates back to the 1950s‚ when a master-slave system was proposed by Goertz (1952). Haptic interfaces were established out of the field of tele- operation‚ which was then employed in the remote manipulation of radioactive materials. The ultimate goal of the tele-operation system was "transparency". That is‚ an user
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Amigo Brothers By Piri Thomas Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas were both seventeen years old. They were so together in friendship that they felt themselves to be brothers. They had known each other since childhood‚ growing up on the lower east side of Manhattan in the same tenement building on Fifth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. Antonio was fair‚ lean‚ and lanky‚ while Felix was dark‚ short‚ and husky. Antonio’s hair was always falling over his eyes‚ while Felix wore his black hair in a natural Afro style
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marching band gloves‚ I notice details that I ignored during the 4 years I was in Eastern Regional High School. The gloves are white and made of cotton. First‚ I focus on my wrist. A Velcro strap‚ surrounding my wrist‚ fastens the opening. As I stroke the palms of my gloves‚ I notice the fabric has tiny bumps to create friction and allow for a secure grip. The fabric covering the back of my hands has a soft‚ smooth texture. Next‚ my eyes move up to my fingers. I recall that the gloves’ finger tips
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There are his “pink rubber gloves” and “dinner dishes” that reflect his action at the moment. There is “the window above the sink‚” the sun‚ the sparrows‚ and the branches. He also ingeniously describes the droplets. “They sway‚ changing directions constantly – like a school of playful
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‘For the most part products are disposable‚ but just for that extra one song that changes your direction in life‚ the importance of popular music cannot be stressed enough’ – Steven Patrick Morrisey (Goddard‚ 2004 – p271) Why The Smiths are a culturally significant band. Introduction 80’s Britain can easily be considered one of the most controversial social/political decades of the latter half of the 20th century. The years leading up to this decade manifested the ‘troubles’ in Ireland
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How to Clean Boxing Gloves Why is it important to clean your boxing gloves? If you can’t provide a good answer to this question‚ then you may be missing some important information you should know. Cleaning your boxing gloves helps to prevent them from being infested with bacterial. When these gloves are left unattended to‚ bacterial can develop on them and that could lead to bad odor. There are preventive measures you can take to protect your gloves from being attacked by bad odor causing bacteria
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a house that can be described. Holden decides to write about his dead brother’s baseball glove because he is deeply depressed about his death and has not come to terms with his grief over the loss of his brother. Allie’s glove‚ with the green writing on it‚ is symbolic of isolation. Allie felt separate from his teammates while playing baseball. Instead of paying attention to the game‚ he would write poetry on his glove while playing the outfield. The mitt reminds holden of his brother and is the only
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The author implies that a person needs to balance life and death and portrays this concept through two important symbols: Holden’s brother Allie’s baseball glove and the red hunting hat. Allie’s left handed baseball fielder’s glove is important to Holden. Holden feels Allie’s presence even though Allie has been gone for three years. Allie’s glove was a symbol of death and how sometimes it’s beyond human control and Salinger was trying to explain that no one really dies if you don’t want them to
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Case Study 3 - Body Glove This exercise provided me with a different perspective of planning by defining the destination and charting the routes that lead to it. Prior to this‚ I conceived a budget as a mere resource allocation framework to calculate future costs based on forecasted sales. Learning Lessons Linking it Together If we were to place Body Glove in a Balanced ScoreCard‚ the company appears to have focused mainly on the customer dimension leaving other areas unattended (Figure 1). This
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invention came about not from a baseball game‚ but from a football game. George Hancock was the inventor of softball. He came up with the game of softball after the Yale vs. Harvard football game (Athnet). Yale was pronounced the winner‚ a Yale fan threw a boxing glove at the Harvard fans and one of them hit the glove with a pole. George and a group of men were in Chicago‚ at the Farragut Boat Club watching the football‚ when the action took place of throwing the glove and hitting it with
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