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Human echolocation

Post by Faithfree » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:40 pm

Quite remarkable - a totally blind man has developed a technique of navigating by echolocation - just like bats!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-22/b ... ve/3844208



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Re: Human echolocation

Post by PsychoSerenity » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:02 pm

Yeah I've seen this before and it's awesome that he teaches others to do it as well. I've seen another thing where they have a camera and a tongue thing that converts the image into a signal that they can feel on their tongue to see. Weird stuff.

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Re: Human echolocation

Post by Faithfree » Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:16 pm

Psychoserenity wrote:Yeah I've seen this before and it's awesome that he teaches others to do it as well. I've seen another thing where they have a camera and a tongue thing that converts the image into a signal that they can feel on their tongue to see. Weird stuff.

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That's cool too.

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Re: Human echolocation

Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:55 pm

Just try shutting your eye's and moving around a room. Even without making clicks you can hear a subtle difference to just the general noise in the room whenever you approach a wall.

This guy has refined an ability we all very weakly possess. You've got to wonder how much his brain has had to rewire itself in the process.
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Re: Human echolocation

Post by klr » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:44 pm

Psychoserenity wrote:Yeah I've seen this before and it's awesome that he teaches others to do it as well. I've seen another thing where they have a camera and a tongue thing that converts the image into a signal that they can feel on their tongue to see. Weird stuff.

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Yup, seen both of those and more on at least one "Horizon" program. Neat stuff :tup:
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