Have You Petted your Chicken Today?

[H2Andy]

...if not, you could do it over the internet:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67513,00.html

some dude quoted in the article says:

"This is the first human-poultry interaction system ever developed," said professor
Adrian David Cheok, the leader of the team, who has been developing the technology
for nearly two years.

he's obviously never spent any time near a farm

 

[dlndavid]

What happens if someone wants to reach out and choke that chicken :06:

 

[simbrooks]

Can you get feedback from the chicken beyond visual, as if it turns and pecks you, will you get a sharp stabbing pain in the hand or the doll jumping off the table and taking to your knees? What some people with time on their hands get up to...

Does it drop virtual eggs?

 

[H2Andy]

What happens if someone wants to reach out and choke that chicken :06:

not that i think this needs stating, but that was so OBVIOUS, i knew two weeks
ago you were going to post it

 

[dlndavid]

not that i think this needs stating, but that was so OBVIOUS, i knew two weeks
ago you were going to post it

You didn't even have to pull up the blast shield either heh luke?

 

[ScubaFreak]

There's also the option of wearing special shoes with electric sensors that receive information about the chicken's leg movements from sensors embedded in the jacket -- you get to feel an electric tingle in your leg every time the chicken takes a step

Talk about doin' the funky chicken

 

[Lil' Irish Temper]

Have You Petted your Chicken Today?

My mom to me I would go blind if I did that

 

[jonnythan]

That's none of your business, and I request you stay out of my personal affairs.

 

[616fun]

What happens if someone wants to reach out and choke that chicken

Tis better to choke your chicken than flog your dolphin I always say.

 

[Ann Marie]

...if not, you could do it over the internet:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67513,00.html

some dude quoted in the article says:

"This is the first human-poultry interaction system ever developed," said professor
Adrian David Cheok, the leader of the team, who has been developing the technology
for nearly two years.

he's obviously never spent any time near a farm

My Mom alway told us, "Never play with your food."