Saturday, November 30, 2013

How Bionics Will Transform Our Senses

How Bionics Will Transform Our Senses
Bionic tools are no longer restricted to the pages of science fiction literature. Real, amazing advances are being made and promise to transform the way humans experience the world. Trace runs down a list of some of the most exciting bionic inventions to date.

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Electronic taste could allow television viewers to sample cookery show creations
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10465142/Electronic-taste-could-allow-television-viewers-to-sample-cookery-show-creations.html
"Television viewers could soon taste the food produced by celebrity chefs on cookery programmes thanks to new technology that recreates taste electronically"

How technology is slowly developing its sense of smell
http://gigaom.com/2013/04/13/how-technology-is-slowly-developing-its-sense-of-smell/
"It's easy to be sniffy about the concept of sending odors through the internet, but researchers are nonetheless hard at work on folding the sense of smell into the digital repertoire."

A taste of the future: Bionic eye will receive software updates to enable color vision, increased resolution
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/163308-a-taste-of-the-future-the-usas-first-bionic-eye-will-be-receive-a-software-update-to-enable-color-vision-increased-resolution
"Providing us with a delightful glimpse of the future of humanity and bionic implants, Second Sight the developer of the first bionic eye to receive FDA approval in the US is currently working on a firmware upgrade that gives users of the Argus II bionic eye better resolution, focus, and image zooming."

Scientists may have found the cure for deafness caused by too many rock shows, loud noises
http://www.avclub.com/article/scientists-may-have-found-the-cure-for-deafness-ca-103636
"Here's some news that should be exciting to all readers hearing a gentle high-pitched ringing right now: Scientists in Britain think they may have found a cure for deafness caused by loud noises, infections, and toxic drugs."

Prosthetic Limbs Offer a Sense of Touch
http://theinstitute.ieee.org/technology-focus/technology-topic/prosthetic-limbs-offer-a-sense-of-touch
"The sense of touch allows us to process data about our everyday world.


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