Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Echolocation for Humans

Posted by michael on from the eat-all-the-insects-you-want dept.

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."

1 of 227 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Story review: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Feel that? That's mah COCK IN YOUR ASS!