17 January 2023 · The Straits Times
Reporter Osmond Chia tried the HaptGlove at a media session at NUS. Pressure pads at the fingertips give a sense of touch, and a pneumatic mechanism stiffens the glove to simulate grip. The glove tightened gradually around a soft ball and locked when he picked up a hard one, and its pulleys created real tension as he drew a virtual bow.
The article explains that the untethered glove was to be used by trainees at the National University Health System, quotes Dr Yeo Joo Chuan, introduced as chief executive of Microtube, on the sense of touch missing from today’s gloves, and reports the team’s plan to commercialise it within two years.