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Echolocation for Humans
anoopsinha writes "An article in New Scientist reports that bat echos can be used as virtual reality guide. People wearing headphones could easily hunt down a 'virtual insect', using only the echolocation sounds. The report says that it is a 'very intuitive process.' The researchers behind the project hope that a similar system in the cockpit of fighter planes could allow pilots to track some controls using their hearing, freeing up their eyes for other tasks."
When you drive, you can't look at the speedometer and the road at the same time,
That's what I tried to tell him...
The coolest voice ever.
What you hear in Star Wars isn't sound in space, it's echolocation technology.
I'm pretty sure this is the same technique I use to find my porn movies in the dark......
That's old news, Slashdot editors have been on that from day one! ;-)
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