Magic Touch - Haptic Technology in Biomedicine

Haptic Technology is touch engineering.
In the early days 'Laying on of Hands' or the so called healing touch was considered a cure for all diseases. This fell into disrepute when modern medical practice disproved most of the abnormal claims.
Unfortunately, the latest medical practice is tending to use robotics and non contact medicine much more. In many instances the physician and the patient are in different locations. Some vital information is lost in such non contact situations.

One rarely comes across the old clinic scene where a doctor is dipping his hands in the bowl of disinfectant after examining the patient and wiping his hands with the towel on the hanger, all the while conversing with the patient.

Enter Haptic Technology. Bring back the sense of touch. Though mostly used in sports and sports medicine, it is finding increasing use in biomedicine.
Can be an important career option for aspiring biomedical engineers.

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