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Human Echolocators Can Identify Targets Better From Off-Axis Than From Straight Ahead
- Tuesday June 21, 2022
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
A new research has found that echolocation services work drastically better when a target is detected from sideways than when the echoes are coming from straight ahead. The researchers have noticed that human echolocators are better at localising a target from 45° off to the side as compared to identifying a target from straight ahead at 0°.
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Can Humans Ever Understand What Sperm Whales say? This Research Has Roadmap Towards It
- Tuesday June 15, 2021
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Scientists have outlined key elements needed for the processing of massive bio-acoustic data of sperm whales. Researchers say that the past decade witnessed a ground-breaking rise of machine learning for human language analysis, and recent research has shown the promise that such tools may also be used for analysing acoustic communication in nonhum...
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Humans Can Learn Echolocation in 10 Weeks, New Study Shows
- Tuesday June 8, 2021
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New research shows that anyone can learn to use their hearing to understand the layout of objects around them though younger people seem to have a slight advantage. Participants in the study with vision loss also said it had a positive effect on their mobility, independence, and wellbeing.
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Researchers Explore New Insights Into Abilities Of Visually Impaired
- Wednesday June 28, 2017
- Indo-Asian News Service
New York: Researchers are exploring insights into the ability of visually impaired people to use echoes from a cane or other sounds to navigate safely — known as echolocation — to help people who lose eyesight later in life. People who become visually impaired early in life often learn to use echolocation more efficiently. But for individuals ...
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Some Visually Challenged People Use Echoes to Detect Properties of Objects: Study
- Tuesday May 26, 2015
- Written by Vidhyanshu
Called expert echolocators, these people have material-related signals activate a region of the brain called the parahippocampal cortex (PHC).
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Vikram's Thaandavam role inspired by real life character
- Thursday September 6, 2012
- Entertainment | Sarika
Actor Vikram's role in upcoming Tamil action film Thaandavam is inspired from Daniel Kish, a blind American expert in human echolocation.
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Human Echolocators Can Identify Targets Better From Off-Axis Than From Straight Ahead
- Tuesday June 21, 2022
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
A new research has found that echolocation services work drastically better when a target is detected from sideways than when the echoes are coming from straight ahead. The researchers have noticed that human echolocators are better at localising a target from 45° off to the side as compared to identifying a target from straight ahead at 0°.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Can Humans Ever Understand What Sperm Whales say? This Research Has Roadmap Towards It
- Tuesday June 15, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
Scientists have outlined key elements needed for the processing of massive bio-acoustic data of sperm whales. Researchers say that the past decade witnessed a ground-breaking rise of machine learning for human language analysis, and recent research has shown the promise that such tools may also be used for analysing acoustic communication in nonhum...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Humans Can Learn Echolocation in 10 Weeks, New Study Shows
- Tuesday June 8, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
New research shows that anyone can learn to use their hearing to understand the layout of objects around them though younger people seem to have a slight advantage. Participants in the study with vision loss also said it had a positive effect on their mobility, independence, and wellbeing.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Researchers Explore New Insights Into Abilities Of Visually Impaired
- Wednesday June 28, 2017
- Indo-Asian News Service
New York: Researchers are exploring insights into the ability of visually impaired people to use echoes from a cane or other sounds to navigate safely — known as echolocation — to help people who lose eyesight later in life. People who become visually impaired early in life often learn to use echolocation more efficiently. But for individuals ...
- everylifecounts.ndtv.com
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Some Visually Challenged People Use Echoes to Detect Properties of Objects: Study
- Tuesday May 26, 2015
- Written by Vidhyanshu
Called expert echolocators, these people have material-related signals activate a region of the brain called the parahippocampal cortex (PHC).
- www.gadgets360.com
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Vikram's Thaandavam role inspired by real life character
- Thursday September 6, 2012
- Entertainment | Sarika
Actor Vikram's role in upcoming Tamil action film Thaandavam is inspired from Daniel Kish, a blind American expert in human echolocation.
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment