The Secret Touch device allows partners to exchange tactile impulses over the Internet by padding or squeezing the device in their hand or pocket. At the receiving end, these pads and squeezes would be emulated as vibrations, heat or pressure.
Source: Vetere, F., Gibbs, M. R., Kjeldskov, J., et al. 2005. Mediating Intimacy: Designing Technologies to Support Strong-Tie Relationships. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’05). ACM Press, 471–480.
