Sony patents a flexing surface

Eric Chadwick

http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/dn9271.html

"The company's patent adds that the transition from soft to hard takes just milliseconds. It suggests that the same technique could even be used in a video game controller to make it jolt or change shape in response to on-screen action."

Hmmm, I wonder what this could be used for... hmmmm.

TomDunne

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"The company's patent adds that the transition from soft to hard takes just milliseconds. "

Hmmm, I wonder what this could be used for... hmmmm.

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Video game Viagra!

Joshua Stubbles

LoL....

It sounds interesting, would have to use it first, before making a judgement. It's like the Wii controller - it needs first-hand experience to validate it's usefullness.
In theory, it could be a more interactive kind of feedback, like rumble x10. At the same time, it sounds gimmicky. I'll wait until I get to use it, before I make a final judgement.

ebagg

Great, the first generation will be full of glitches where my controller goes permanently floppy, like a water balloon with circuitry inside

KDR_11k

I'm thinking variable hardness armor here...

dfacto

This has porn written all over it. And I'm not trying to be funny either. You can bet your ass that the sex industry will get its hands on this tech.

motives

i donno.. thinkin most porngames beeing played by men im having a hard time seeing were something that "goes hard in milliseconds" would fit..

Unless you are interested in those more "specially flavoured" games

neolith

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i donno.. thinkin most porngames beeing played by men im having a hard time seeing were something that "goes hard in milliseconds" would fit.

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This is just a guess, but: How many Porngames are there for women?

KDR_11k

Not many since women are less visually oriented than men. Unless you count Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball, the girls seem to like that more than the boys.

Xenobond

gives more fuel to the fire, that is the Gaystation.

dfacto

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Not many since women are less visually oriented than men. Unless you count Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball, the girls seem to like that more than the boys.


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Well, I don't think having a variable hardness controller up your vagina would qualify as visual...

KDR_11k

Ya but they wouldn't need the game to go along with it.