AS3 is a haptic transposition kit for airplane pilots, augmented and virtual reality environments

AS3 provides an Augmented Reality Tactile Environment where live airframe aerodynamic feedback is functionally mapped over the pilot's body tactile sense. Managing functional tactile mapping of a technological structure and transposing this mapping on human body means expanding the physical boundaries of the body to those of the structure

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Work on AS3 has been carried out with personal means since 1995 and included building up literature on sensors, actuators and theoretical issues, design and realisation of extremely low cost boundary layer sensors according to different sensing strategies, experimental trials of sensors on a wing section mounted on a car (used as a "reverse" wind tunnel), rough in-flight evaluation of sensors on a hang-glider wing, lab testing of prototype actuators, design and architecture of a feedback suit (not yet realised).  Two patents have been granted on a lengthy and costly process.

An astonishing amount of time and resources have been personally dedicated to develop teamwork, academic and industrial interaction, including travelling to NAMRL in Pensacola, FL, US in 1999, to Paris Bourget aerospace fair in 2001 and 2003, uncounted number of academic and industrial contacts, .., with peak feedbacks like the followings

- Capt. Angus Rupert from NAMRL in 1999, principal investigator in their TSAS project (Tactile Situation Awareness System) was extremely kind and friendly with me, but had no funds or way to help me advance the project/collaborate with me

- Boeing/BAeSystems in Paris Bourget 2001 received AS3 documentation from me, this information progressed in internal evaluations and disappeared to my tracking

- A project manager from Alenia at Bourget 2003 received from me a good number of academical references and ideas on a virtual feedback device for a system they were developing, which i provided in a open collaborative effort, getting a literal two words written answer from him: "Grazie, Domenico", which means "thank you" followed by his name "Domenico".

- When looking in 2003 for a thesis topic to follow my master in Cognitive Science in Paris, i proposed to work on my AS3 patent to Professor Kevin O' Regan, Paris 5 University -who is concerned with sensory substitution- getting a good laugh in answer. I ended delivering a full abstract work concerning "Subject-Object entanglement in information measure" with professor Giuseppe Longo, ENS, Paris

- In 2008 Dr. Christopher G. Prince from Minnesota Duluth University (US) found my page and kindly contacted me to conduct reseach in an affiliate optics on their "Fly By Feel" project they started in 2006. At present time work is being organised in remote: monitoring students and designing solutions for actuators and sensors.