> Remote touch allows the detection of objects buried under granular materials through subtle mechanical cues transmitted through the medium, when a moving pressure is applied nearby.

> These findings confirm that people can genuinely sense an object before physical contact

So, it’s just touch, relayed through grains of sand.

Less clickbaity title: Humans have 'remote' touch like sandpipers, research shows

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inshard a day ago | parent | next [-]

Same sentiment. It’s still touch through a slightly less solid medium.

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anigbrowl a day ago | parent | prev [-]

or 'Human touch is sensitive to material dynamics', although that's getting into the realms of the abstract.

	▲	estimator7292 a day ago \| parent [-]
		I don't think that's even a novel result. It's been known for a while that we can perceive nanoscale textures based on interference between the texture of the material and texture of your fingerprints when in motion