Scientists in Britain and the United States will try to shake hands on Tuesday.
No big deal one might think--only they will be 5,000 km (3,000 miles) apart, using the Internet to connect them.
In a technological first, they will use pencil-like devices called phantoms to recreate the sense of touch across the Atlantic, organizers of the experiment said.
The phantoms send small impulses at very high frequencies down the Internet using newly developed fiber-optic cables and extremely high bandwidths.
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