Touchable Virtual Reality

http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS_FP7&ACTION=D&DOC=2&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=0129efe7ed15:716f:320a3ba3&RCN=32356

Can touch things through virtual reality.

Robot may furnish lesson in human trust

http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/07/05/robot_may_furnish_lesson_in_human_trust/

Research being done by David DeSteno, a psychologist at Northeastern University and other.  Using a robot called Nexi to determine what visual clues are given that signal trust.