Tag: hearing
Your Designed Body: Hearing Is a Symphony of Parts
The human ear can detect sound when the eardrum is displaced by as little as one-tenth the diameter of a single hydrogen atom.
Dr. Geoffrey Simmons on Human Design — and Re-Creating It in Robots
Will robots ever experience empathy or other feelings, or develop a genuine sense of humor?
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:
Mammals Compute Sound Timing in the Microsecond Range
Two ears provide the ability for mammals to tell the direction of sound, involving multiple finely tuned mechanisms.
Prairie Dogs “Talk”…and Plants “Hear” – More Reasons for Dumping Humankind’s Unique Place in Nature?
Plants respond to light, but they do not “see.”