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Tactile Score

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In this section, I introduce studies and designs related to Tactile score. The scientific research of massage has been conducted centered on medicine and psychology, and those researches show the effectiveness of human hand power. In this chapter, we introduce the tactile sense technologies, design methods of tactile sense and show summary of researches related to massage.

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  1. School of Informatics and Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

    Yasuhiro Suzuki

  2. Keio University, Yokohama, Japan

    Rieko Suzuki

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Suzuki, Y., Suzuki, R. (2014). Introduction. In: Tactile Score. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54547-7_1

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