Tag: hands
Remarkably, Humans Are Just the Right Size to Make and Master Fire
Only an organism of our dimensions and android design — 1.5 to 2 meters in height with arms about 1 meter-long ending in manipulative tools — can handle fire.
Egnor Versus Shallit: Can Brains Learn?
Egnor he nails it by noting that Shallit, not uniquely, falls victim to the mereological fallacy.
Thanks, Dr. Oz — Our Favorite Super Bowl Ad, a Beautiful Celebration of Complex Senses
Let’s examine the subject in a little more depth than what a commercial can do in a minute and thirty seconds:
Design at Your Fingertips: Researchers Struggle to Model Sense of Touch
Your hands feel in detail thanks to tens of thousands of sensors, and detailed information encoded by their positions and firing times.