Sensory
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ScienceStories, whether fact or fiction, are at the heart of human culture. A strong narrative can resonate with your personality and experiences, and help set a framework for your future. "That book changed my life" is a cherished maxim. So can a book change your brain too?
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Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, a holiday in which we celebrate the blessings granted by Life, the Universe, and Everything. It may soon be possible to enjoy such a repast as a character in a movie or a video game, aided by a new method for digitally actuating the sense of taste.
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ScienceNew research at the University of Chicago suggests that it is possible to map the individual finger pads of a prosthetic hand to the corresponding parts of the brain. In other words, prosthetic hands which offer a realistic sense of touch may theoretically be possible.
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ScienceAt Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands, scientists have used an MRI scanner and a mathematical model to read observed letters, right out of test subjects’ brains.
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The Match Cooking Prep System for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) aims to provide practical tools that assist in enabling someone with ASD to learn how to cook.
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A pair of concept pieces developed by students and the Royal College of Arts in London allow wearers to fine tune their senses of sight and hearing.
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A vibrating helmet that uses ultrasound to detect walls and other obstacles is being designed to help guide firefighters through smoke-filled rooms.
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ScienceScientists have shut off mice's ability to feel cold, while leaving their sensations of touch and heat intact.
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ScienceScientists have trained rats to detect invisible infrared light, via a head-mounted infrared detector that activates their sense of touch.
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IBM's "5-in-5" list for 2012 predicts the five sense-related technologies enabled by cognitive computing systems that will impact our lives in the next five years.
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ScienceScientists have replicated a system used by the blind cave fish, to create a sensing system for autonomous underwater vehicles.
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Disney Research's new REVEL system uses reverse electrovibration to provide physical objects with virtual textures.
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