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May 14, 2006
Master John: Peripheral safety and feedback system for practitioners of BDSM
Master John: Peripheral safety and feedback system for practitioners of BDSM (pdf file) was a paper submitted by Chris Noessel to the CHI 2006 event held in Montreal earlier this year.
ABSTRACT
Master John is a design for a graduate school project for practitioners of BDSM, a set of sexual practices involving giving psychological or physical control to another person. The design for the system involves a sensor cuff for one participant and a feedback cuff for another participant. The system provides two useful functions:
1. A variable-strength, peripheral, haptic signal, which communicates levels of excitement.
2. A scene-interrupting signal, which warns of potential physical danger.
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