From RORY NUGENT comes something called the Epafi, or “touch communicator”.

Epafi is a pair of bracelets built to simulate the common and playful exchange of touch amongst mates, loved ones, or even close friends. Whenever either of the wearers touch the bracelet worn on their wrist, the location, pressure, and movement of the touch is replicated on other wearer’s wrist. The bracelets connect each wearer via wireless radio and allow for a form of communication that could be whimsical and fun, as touch often is, or it could grow to be a more intricate form of bodily communication.

Epafi is made of two soft bracelets paired together via a Bluetooth wireless connection. Whenever a deliberate touch is sensed along the wrist, this information is transmitted along the Bluetooth link and simulated on the other wearer’s wrist using small vibrating disk motors. A micro-controller is used to interpret the touches and even handles the structure of all wireless communication. A working prototype has been finished. A second version is currently in the works.

Sometimes when we touch

The honesty’s too much!