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the sense that lies least to you, because your hand doesn't do metaphors.
means the quality of being perceptible through touch, or the degree to which something engages the sense of touch.
from from latin tactilis, touchable, from tangere, to touch — the same root that gives you tangent, contact, and tact, which literally means knowing how to touch a situation without breaking it.
fingertip densitymore touch receptors per inch than your back
braille readingblind readers can hit 200+ words per minute
first sensetouch develops before sight in the womb
screens erased itglass replaced texture with a flat swipe
for instance
braille — louis braille encoded language as raised dots in 1824
pottery wheel — clay only obeys the hand that actually feels it
three body scent — joke aside, textiles labs test fabric hand-feel with actual panels of fingers
haptic feedback — iphone taptic engine simulates a click that isn't there