A team at the Tangible Media Group of MIT’s Media Lab has developed a cellular phone that transmits vibrations between callers. Made out of latex, their device has pressure sensors for your fingers to squeeze and tiny speakers to vibrate that squeeze to the person on the other end of the line. It’s almost like tin can and string phones all over again. I can’t imagine using it while conversing with a stranger, but it is an interesting advance in the world of electronic communications. You could probably cobble together something similar using software with the vibrating feedback gaming devices and mice that are already out there. Chatting with someone over the Internet could take on another dimension. Ouch! Stop that!