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Re:Japanese Scientists Create Touchable Holograms by basicxman on Saturday October 02, 2010 @12:15PM (#1750712)
My point is you wouldn't actually 'feel' it, therefore you wouldn't get back the 'sensation' of touching something. Yes you would _see_ a response, but you would not _feel_ the response. Ergo, illusion.

EDIT: For your enjoyment, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasonic_sensor, you simply do not feel ultrasonic sound waves.

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Re:Japanese Scientists Create Touchable Holograms by jules on Saturday October 02, 2010 @02:00PM (#1750937)
No, the whole point of the thing is that you can feel it (or at least they claim you can).
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Re:Japanese Scientists Create Touchable Holograms by sliverstorm on Saturday October 02, 2010 @07:03PM (#1751582)
Have you never heard of the phantom limb phenomenon in amputees?
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Re:Japanese Scientists Create Touchable Holograms by tkahn6 on Saturday October 02, 2010 @02:04PM (#1750949)
Did you not see the paper being moved?
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