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09.20.07 // 05:14 p.m.
Head-mounted Device is the Cat’s Whiskers
Get your spidy sense in realtime. A pretty remarkable project of the Japan that gives you 360 degree sensory awareness:
A series of infrared sensors positioned around the device act as invisible whisker or antenna sensors. When these detect an object, a small motor vibrates on the appropriate side of the wearer’s head to alert them.
There’s some great video too: This one shows a group of volunteers using the device after just a few minutes instruction and this one shows the same device being used to navigate a virtual maze.
Visit Site: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/09/head-mounted-device-is-...