Patent ID: 6053738
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A61L,G06F,G09B

Abstract:
An apparatus, comprising:a housing;smell means in said housing for replicating desired smells;taste means in said housing for replicating desired tastes;texture means for simulating desired textures;environmental means for simulating desired environmental conditions; andtouch means for replicating desired feels, said touch means including:a conductive polymer fiber having hair-like structures to stimulate nerves in human fingers, said conductive polymer fiber being positioned in said housing and accessible through a housing opening by human fingers;a semi-permeable membrane, affixed to said conductive polymer fiber, acting as a substrate to conduct impulses to said conductive polymer fiber through a conductive syndesis region, said membrane and said syndesis region transforming said conductive polymer fiber to simulate a desired texture; andmeans for delivering a signal to said substrate to transform said conductive polymer fiber.