5 Ways to Stimulate Touch Receptors for a Better Life 

And help your daily drive at the same time 

• April 25, 2023
• Grant Furlane, Locomobi World

Touch cells, also known as mechanoreceptors, are specialized cells in the skin that detect mechanical pressure and vibrations. They play a crucial role in our sense of touch, allowing us to feel the texture, shape, and temperature of objects.

Touch cells are important for our physical and emotional well-being. They help us navigate our environment, avoid danger, and communicate with others through touch. They also play a role in our social interactions, as touch can convey emotions such as love, comfort, and support.

Research has shown that touch can have a positive impact on our mental and physical health. It has been linked to reduced stress, improved immune function, and increased feelings of happiness and well-being. Touch therapy is even used as a form of alternative medicine to promote healing and relaxation.

So how can we simulate these sensory receptors :

Mechanoreceptors are sensory receptors that respond to mechanical stimuli such as pressure, touch, vibration, and stretch. To maximize their use, you can engage in activities that stimulate these sensations, such as:

1. Massage therapy: Massage therapy involves applying pressure and manipulating the body’s soft tissues, which can activate mechanoreceptors and promote relaxation and pain relief.
2. Exercise: Certain types of exercise, such as weightlifting and resistance training, can stimulate mechanoreceptors in muscles and joints, leading to improved strength, flexibility, and proprioception (the ability to sense one’s body position and movement).
3. Yoga and stretching: Yoga and stretching involve holding poses and stretches that can activate mechanoreceptors in muscles and joints, leading to improved flexibility, balance, and body awareness.
4. Tactile stimulation: Tactile stimulation involves using different textures and materials to stimulate the skin and activate mechanoreceptors. Examples include using a foam roller, ball, or textured mat during exercise or using a variety of fabrics and textures during sensory play.
5. Mindfulness practices: Mindfulness practices such as meditation and deep breathing can help increase awareness of bodily sensations, including those detected by mechanoreceptors.

Locomobi World Inc. offers “ sensory” interfaces in vehicles “ To Enrich Your Daily Journey”. 

On average, drivers reported making 2.2 driving trips per day, spending 50.6 minutes on the road, and driving 31.5 miles. Projecting these results to all drivers nationwide, U.S. drivers made an estimated total of 186 billion driving trips, spent 70 billion hours driving, and drove 2.62 trillion miles in 2016. 

So it would be safe to say that if there are applications that can enhance the drive to help circumvent stress and calm the nerves this would improve the overall driving experience and life of people’s lives. Locomobi’s recent interface with “Project Arrow”, Canada first celebrated smart zero-emissions concept car, has developed applications to make the journey in the car less stressful while streamlining the journey time. In addition, this supports the fabric sensors that are part of the design of the car that can help the health and sensory aspects of the driver and its passengers. 

Locomobi World is also developing a Hybrid model that can be added to ICE and other legacy vehicle models.

About LocoMobi World Inc.

LocoMobi World Inc. is a cloud-based Smart City technology company specialising in parking, tolling, transit, storage, asset tracking, fleet and threat management solutions. Our WorldStream cloud portal is the first fully distributed cloud infrastructure management system. In addition, LocoMobi World provides pioneering technology to government, institutional and parking management clients throughout North America and has a growing platform of transportation infrastructure patents. LocoMobi World Inc. has reinvented how people travel throughout the transportation infrastructure in terms of parking, curbside, drive-thru and security.

LocoMobi World’s leading cloud-based Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) system offers a refined approach for revenue control, virtual permitting, violation and citation management, toll road management, managed traffic lanes, and gated lane environments, as well as residential multi-level condominium building parking control and access. Wearables now are integrated into Lccomobi’s offering including MobiVision Glasses for real time enforcement and safety. MobiVerse, our introduction to the metaverse for an advanced training experience will be unveiled soon.

LocoMobi World also provides a full line of Industry-leading Payment Kiosks, Smart Barrier Gates, Solar Powered parking Meters and other innovative solutions to ensure total revenue security Locomobi have recently introduced Mobi its new robot division to augment security and parking enforcement Our Smart City technology is connecting vehicles anywhere they travel. WorldSecure LocoMobi World’s patent-pending data security controller protects against cyber-attacks and other data intrusions. The first of its kind.

About Project Arrow 

Led by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association (APMA), in partnership with OVIN, Project Arrow is the first all-Canadian, zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) that will be designed, engineered, and built through the joint efforts of our world-class automotive supply sector and post-secondary institutions. Through development of the prototype vehicle, Project Arrow will provide a platform to enable collaborations with Ontario-based SMEs, demonstrating Ontario’s and Canada’s automotive capabilities and innovation.