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Ep12 "Can we create new senses for humans?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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How to Use Technology Like This to Expand the Human Oomvelt

Sensors on the leg allow patients to learn much more quickly how to walk with their new prosthetic limb. Could we use a technology like this to add a completely new kind of sense to actually expand the human oomvelt for example could we feed real-time data from the internet directly into somebody and could they develop a direct perceptual experience? We did an experiment in the lab where a participant feels a real-time streaming feed from the net of data for five seconds and then he's holding a tablet and two buttons appear, doesn't know what's going on but he makes his choice and then gets feedback after a second and a half.

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