MIT academics design book that lets readers feel the protagonist's pain. Jan 31, 2014 MIT academics design book that lets readers feel the protagonist's pain MIT academics design book that lets readers feel the protagonist’s painall images courtesy of scifi2scifab researchers at MIT – felix heibeck, alexis hope, julie legault– have developed a wearable device that, when attached to the body, changes the bearer’s physical characteristics — the application of which is used for reading, so that the wearer can feel the excitement, desires and sympathies of the protagonist as they read a tech-connected book.
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