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Headband Gives Wearer "Sixth-Sense"

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the use-the-force dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New Scientist reports on a headband developed at the University of Tokyo that allows the wearer to feel their surroundings at a distance — as if they had cats whiskers. Infrared sensors positioned around the headband vibrate to signal when and where an object is close. There are also a few great videos of people using it to dodge stuff while blindfolded."

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  1. Augmentation of senses by BWJones · · Score: 5, Informative

    Augmentation of existing senses has been going on for some time now. In particular, there is a very interesting project running through the Office of Naval Research using Navy Seals and a tongue prosthetic designed to impart sonar information to the tongue using electrical stimulii. Technology like this is very cool stuff that at the very least will help with mission specific tasks, but even better allows folks who have one or more senses compromised to continue to function and navigate their worlds.

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  2. Youtube Link by hey0you0guy · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70_MwrkDOVU Haptic Radar Video on Youtube. Since the linked site seems to be down.

  3. Re:Fixed link by PlatyPaul · · Score: 5, Informative

    Click here for Google's cached version of the page.

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