May 26 2011

How We ‘Feel the Noise’

Tag: Ear,Hearing,Music,Musicians and Bands,Senses,Skin,Touch — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 10:05 pm
Links in the brain can connect the sensations of sound and touch.

Sep 23 2010

Sensor-Equipped Spider Webs to Coat Aircraft

Tag: Aircraft,Robots,Senses,Sensors,Technology,Touch,Transportation — Eric Bland @ 3:09 pm
Inspired by spider webs, a new sensor network can expand more than 265 times its original size and has embedded sensors.

Sep 13 2010

Artificial Skin Offers Robots, Amputees Sense of Touch

Tag: Biotech,Child,Computers,Electronics,Humans,Materials,Movies,Nature,Robotics,Robots,Scientists,Senses,Sensors,Sight,Skin,Smell,Taste,The Future,Touch,Wine,Women — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 4:08 pm
Biotech wizards have engineered electronic skin that can sense touch, in a major step towards next-generation robotics and prosthetic limbs.

Aug 24 2010

Dogs, Rodents May Prevent Future Epidemics

Tag: Canines,Dogs,Flu,Mammals,Rodents,Senses,Smell,Working Dogs — Jennifer Viegas @ 11:00 pm
If you have the flu, you may look sick to a human, but these disease-detecting animals can actually smell illness.

Jun 24 2010

Touch Affects How People Feel

Tag: Emotions,Experiments,Human Behavior,Human Perception,Humans,Senses,Touch — Emily Sohn @ 6:00 pm
It turns out there is a deeper truth behind metaphors like "heavy situation," "rough day" and "hard-hearted."

Jun 16 2010

Genes Make It Hard For Some to Give Up Salt

Tag: Food,Genes,Senses,Taste — Emily Sohn @ 12:00 pm
About 25 percent of people experience flavors more vibrantly than everyone else.