Just like bats, humans can use echolocation
It sounds amazing, but we can all learn to use sound to detect our surroundings, just like bats or dolphins. No eyes required.
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Echolocation in humans found to be more sensitive than thought
A team of researchers from the U.K., the Netherlands and the U.S. has found that echolocation in blind people is more sensitive than previously thought. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the ...
How soundscapes and vibrations are helping blind people see the world
Glasses that translate images of physical objects into soundscapes and a belt that turns images into vibrations are helping blind people build up a real-time 3-D picture of the world around them, and the technology could ...
Engineering
Dec 12, 2017
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New developments enabling blind people to see again
Enabling blind people to see again is the dream of many neuroscientists. We still have a long way to go to make this happen, but we have also made a lot of progress over the last twenty years, says Richard van Wezel of the ...
Engineering
Oct 18, 2017
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Raging Bull: First study to find link between testosterone and stock market instability
In the U.S. today, the majority of professional stock market traders are young males and new evidence suggests biology strongly influences their trading behavior. According to a new study in the INFORMS journal Management ...
Economics & Business
Oct 10, 2017
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Research reveals how humans develop echolocation skills
Ongoing research in Sweden reveals that when navigating by echolocation, as blind people do, our powers of hearing can be used in ways we never realized.
Other
Sep 8, 2017
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Major science prize goes to institutions fighting blindness
Two international institutions with long records of fighting blindness are sharing a €1 million ($1.2 million) eyesight prize from a Portuguese foundation.
Other
Sep 5, 2017
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How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones
Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by touch or starve for months at a time.
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2017
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Old car, new tricks: Adding safety tech to an older car
Old cars can learn new tricks.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 26, 2017
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Researcher proposes answer for why cave animals go blind
Why do animals that live in caves become blind? This question has long intrigued scientists and been the subject of hot debate.
Evolution
Apr 18, 2017
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