This README file contains the description of the meta data used in the manuscript entitled 'A preliminary study on characterisation of finger interface kinetics using a pressure and shear sensor system '.

Name: Nicholas Hale

Institution: Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton

Address: University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

Email: nh7g15@soton.ac.uk

Investigator or person responsible for collecting the data: Nicholas Hale (nh7g15@soton.ac.uk) and Liudi Jiang (L.Jiang@soton.ac.uk)

Date of data collection: Aug. 2016 

File name: Figure2_ab
Description: Contains data for Figure 2
Content:
	Pressure, ShearX and ShearY data for each test, separated into Figure2(a) and Figure2(b)

File name: Figure3
Description: Contains data for Figure 3
Content:
	Pressure, ShearX and ShearY data for each digit (thumb, index, middle, ring and little)