TECHTILE toolkit and Karada tap

Please stand on the blue stage and tap! The vibration would be transmitted to the person standing on the green stage.

Please hold a paper cup on the left side, put some marbles and move them around. The way something feels to the touch would be transmitted to the other cup and the person holding it can feel the same way as the sender.

"TECHTILE toolkit and Karada tap" are technologies which make it possible to transmit tactile information to remote areas in real time. As the internet becomes an everyday part of life and the boundary between the "net" and the "real world" becomes blurred, the sense of touch is being recognized as an important way to perceive yourself and the outside world. If tactile information can be conveyed along with video and audio, it can provide information that "feels real" in a manner superior to any previous form of media.