Posts tagged massage 
Kinect Hacks: Trippy techno-massage
Though we never assumed that muscular relaxation and gaming peripherals would ever dovetail, massage therapist Jason Stephens has whipped up a Kinect hack that combines the two. Check out Stephens' "technologically mediated healing modality" in this clip, and get ready to taste the colors....
Wii Massage Feet
Wii Fit can be hard on your feet. So why not give them a nice massage? And by "give them a nice massage," we mean "make them stand on some plastic nubs." Japan Trust Technology hopes that the nubs on their Silicone Fit Cover Tsubu Tsubu (tsubu tsubu refers to something grainy or pebbly) will be ju...
Massage Me turns (legitimate) massages into gameplay
A couple of gifted graduate students have found a great use for all the excess energy and digital dexterity required in playing video games: massages. By mapping game controllers onto soft wearable fabrics, Hannah Perner-Wilson and Mika Satomi invented Massage Me, a special device that allows game...
ShiatsuCube: Homebrew happy endings
We don't see much homebrew for the Wii or GameCube that doesn't have to do with emulating some system or another, so when something wacky like this comes along, we can't help but jump at the chance to write it up. Working 160R's Massager application is easy -- select a technique or mode, place the...
