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Rat Whiskers Help Explain Tactile Sensory Perception

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2008-02-27 18:46:24 by Michael in Medgadget
...whiskers to observe the environment around them, hoping the knowledge will help with understanding how humans use tactile sensory perception. What might a whisker-based sensation feel like? Imagine sweeping a stick across a picket fence. The frequency of vibrations depends on the spacing between the pickets, but the sensation in the hand is...
 
Tags: rat whiskers, whiskers, movements, captures whisker movements, whisker movements, rat, shorter whiskers, mit news, mit
 
 
 
 
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Scientists Developing Robotic Rats for Rescue Missions

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2008-02-13 17:08:07 by Michael in Medgadget
...whiskers A statement from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel explains: Based on principles of active sensing adopted widely in the animal kingdom, the multinational team is developing innovative touch technologies, including a 'whiskered' robotic rat. The whiskered robot will be able to quickly locate, identify and capture moving...
 
Tags: control, control active, active, vibrissal active touch, touch, whiskers bases, whiskers, innovative touch technologies, whiskers actively sweep
 
 
 
 
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Lead: bad for you, good for your gadgets

2008-04-03 09:02:57 by Al Boline in DVICE
 
...whiskers can shut them down Tin whiskers are sharp pointy things one-tenth as wide as a human hair. They erupt from soldering material based on tin, cadium or zinc and carry enough current to cause a short circuit. Lead is a vital ingredient in solder because it prevents tin whiskers. There are alternative solders pure tin, tin-zinc,...
 
Tags: prevents tin whiskers, tin, lead, tin-zinc, tin whiskers, prevent lead, lead-free, electronic products, short circuit
 
 
 
 
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Wrightspeed SR-71 will deliver 0-60 in 2.5 seconds

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2008-05-24 18:16:39 by max in zedomax.com
...whiskers behind that of the W16-powered supercar. With luck, 18 months from now will see a newly-fashioned, battery-powered bolt of lightning, code-named the SR-71, destroy the Bugatti, leaving in its wake only salty $1.4 million-dollar tears. To show hes not such a bad chap, Wright will then be able to turn those frowns upside-down by...
 
Tags: view video, video, view, mode, gas guzzler, sr-71, mode auto, flash, bad chap
 
 
 
 
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Apple rumored to launch UMPC AKA The Sasquatch

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2007-12-27 14:26:38 by John Biggs in CrunchGear
...whiskers and may cost $5 when it is finally launched at the Kingom of Arglebargles MacWorld Expo on the planet Flutterbutter My strongest piece of evidence came from a trusted tipster about 4 months ago who described an image s(he) had seen of a mysterious touch screen device larger than the iPhone featuring one distinguishing button or...
 
Tags: portable device seekingalpha, device, device larger, touch, mysterious touch, significantly larger device, umpc, iphoneipod touch, seekingalpha
 
 
 
 
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Fish Forest Fishtanks Are So Freaking Sweet

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2008-02-15 13:00:19 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
...Whiskers, Jujube, Kitty Food, Rascal and Cheeky. You're missed dearly. Hit the jump for a bunch more of the awesome aquariums, along with a link to their gallery that is a must see if you like there. And no, I've never actually had any pet mice. Those beady eyed bastards scare the shit out of me
 
Tags: system, special filter system, rip professor squeak, top mouse cage, adana aqua, field day, top design, awesome aquariums, tank
 
 
 
 
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Replica Bat Cuffs Turn Batman into BDSMan [Batman]

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2008-05-08 07:20:00 by Addy Dugdale in Gizmodo
...whiskers, as she was bat-handled into submission. Her direct, feline gaze never left the superhero's face, and he shifted uncomfortably as he realized that, somewhere below his bat-belt, the batsuit was becoming too tight for comfort If you're not careful, you'll be burning rubber down there," murmured Catwoman, with a derisory nod at his...
 
Tags: batman, cuffs, batman handcuffs, bat-cuffs, replica cuffs, catwoman, bat-belt, belt, round table tonight
 
 
 
 
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The Mouse Phone is painted like Mickey's mutant brother (Update: it's not Mickey at all!)

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2008-05-28 12:23:10 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
...whiskers? And what about the round ovals at the top of the skull? Eyeballs or sunglasses In fact, the face is so curious, so distinctly Chinese, so absolutely anti-Mickey that you'd think, at first, this phone must be a Chinese knock-off of a Mickey Mouse phone. But then you look inside, and there's the Disney logo, clear as day. That's not...
 
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Nanopaper is tougher than cast iron

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2008-06-10 10:38:39 by HASH0x8b571e0 in Newlaunches.com
...whiskers of cellulose. Lars Berglund and his colleagues have developed the paper and have made it by keeping the cellulose fibers small. This was achieved by breaking down wood pulp in water with a combination of enzymes and mechanically beating it further. The result: defect-free nanofibers about 1000 times smaller than typical cellulose...
 
Tags: fibers, typical cellulose fibers, paper, nano paper, cellulose fibers, paper stronger, cast iron, commercial paper, cellulose