We already have force-feedback steering wheels, guitar-shaped controllers and pressure-sensitive dance pads.

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The developments are reportedly right in line with the US government's Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Initiative, and we're sure officials are mighty proud of the E-Flare, which provides optical and acoustic warnings coupled with a force-feedback gas pedal, and E-Horn, which accepts incoming warning signals from emergency vehicles and alerts the driver via (presumably distracting) in-cabin lights and sounds.

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Soon after CH Products released the first consumer-level force feedback joystick, Microsoft came out with its own version: the SideWinder Force Feedback Pro.

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Logitech, the world's largest mousemaker, is also a significant Immersion Corp. investor, and probably--although nothing has yet been announced--will release the first commercial force feedback mouse sometime next year.

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What is new is that force feedback devices are finally becoming cheap enough--and PCs powerful enough--to make an impact in the consumer market.

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Today researchers are building force feedback surgical instruments for use in simulating--and eventually performing--minimally invasive surgical procedures like angioplasty or laparoscopic gall bladder removals.

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It's a cool idea -- you can sit in a seat that moves and reacts to the game as force feedback does with a joystick.

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