Haptic Internet

We had earlier discussed haptic devices, those which deal with kinesthetic touch.  Here's a brief interview with Vint Cerf, often called the father of the Internet, where he discusses haptic devices using a network.  

Notice when he discusses the concept of 'telepresence', or being in more than one place at a time.  Fascinating stuff!

I expect to see much more interesting interactions, including the possibility of haptic interactions - touch. Not just touch screens, but the ability to remotely interact with things. Little robots, for example, that are instantiations of you, and are remotely operated, giving you what is called telepresence. It's a step well beyond the kind of video telepresence we are accustomed to seeing today.

This image of little robots is different from the typical autonomous robot you see in the AI world. They could be sitting in a conference room, representing me -- not autonomously, but allowing me to be in more than one place at the same time. They can move around, interact with things, talk to people, see like everyone else can.