Whether you're just visiting home for the holidays or permanently living half a world away, being in a long-distance relationship can be tough. Even with today's bounty of communication technology, you can never quite recreate the feeling of your loved one's presence beside you or their hand on your cheek.
Well, all you softies out there, we've got good news: the Connections Lab at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia is hard at work developing gadgets that can let you do just that.