How your phone could be able to smell, hear and taste by 2018: IBM reveals its vision for the future of technology

Mark Prigg
Daily Mail
December 18, 2012

If you’ve only just got used to talking to your phone, get ready for a major change.

IBM has revealed its predictions for the computer we will all be using in 2018 – and it believes they will have all five senses, and will communicate with us in radically different ways.

‘Infrared and haptic technologies will enable a smart phone’s touchscreen technology and vibration capabilities to simulate the physical sensation of touching something,’ the firm said.

‘So you could experience the silkiness of that catalog’s Egyptian cotton sheets instead of just relying on some copywriter to convince you.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 1:26 pm

Tags: science, technology

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