Tactile Tourism

The Tourism Industry of Ethics and Tourism

The tourism industry is one of the largest industries in the world, and despite recent events that have made its operating environment more complex, the industry continues to grow [Theobald, 2005, Global Tourism, 3rd., Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier]. Commensurate to the size of the industry is a growth in the number of students pursuing degree courses in tourism around the world. Despite an in...

Thermo-tactile Interaction Using Tactile Display Device

This paper proposes a tactile display mouse providing both pin-array type tactile display and thermal display. Micro shape and vibrotactile stimuli can be generated by pin-arrayed tactile display and various planar distributed patterns can be also displayed such as Braille cell patterns. Temperature and thermophysical property of object can be displayed by the thermal display device that is com...

Human Tactile Spatial Sensitivity for Tactile Feedback

In this paper, we quantify several spatial capabilities of the hmnan tactile system needed for tactile feedback, or teletaction. Psychophysics experiments measure the amplitude resolution of the human tactile system, the effects of shear stress on grating orientation discrimination, and the effects of viscoelasticity {creep and relaxation) on tactile perception for static touch. The results are...

Design and Construction of a New Capacitive Tactile Sensor for Measuring Normal Tactile Force

This paper presents the design, construction and testing of a new capacitive tactile sensor for measurement of normal tactile force. The operation of proposed sensor has been investigated in ASTABLE and MONOSTABLE circuits. According to the results of these circuits the deviation of ASTABLE circuit results is less than MONOSTABLE circuit results. In addition, the results obtained from ASTABLE c...

Designing Tourism Places: Understanding the Tourism Experience through Our Senses