Haptic feedback, or virtual touch, can also contribute to an IVE [immersive virtual environment] by providing forces or resistance with a physical device that resists a physical hand or finger. […] Vibration motors in smartphones and tablets can also be seen as a rudimentary form of haptic feedback.

Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy.

Herbie had taken out a handkerchief and blown his nose loudly, muttering something about Foolish. Blubbings. Foolish. Unmanly, the blubbings.

Garden shops now carry hoes with this depth of blade, so that all that has to be done is to cut off the handle to a wieldable length.