Want a new sense?

Post #314,159 by static 9/16/09 11:19:55 PM Reply	Want a new sense? How about one that points to magnetic North? http://hplusmagazine...y-new-sense-organ It would be really interesting to try, but I'd be annoyed by the anklet as it currently is. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #314,163 by drook 9/17/09 2:20:23 AM Reply	Link in the comments to an implant They put a sliver of powerful magnet in a fingertip. You can sense live electrical or phone lines. Read the end of the article and tell me if you don't think, "Iron Man". -- Drew
Post #314,164 by static 9/17/09 4:22:59 AM Reply	Saw that. I still prefer the compass/North detection thing. One comment suggested something that simply buzzed you as you went past North, like a notch in a balance pot. That was creative and it would be a simpler device, too. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #314,167 by drook 9/17/09 8:23:35 AM Reply	Even better Mount something in glasses. When facing east, the left arm vibrates. Facing west, the right arm. Facing north, both of them at half intensity. Not just at the points, smooth transition as you turn. You would "hear" which way north is. -- Drew
Post #314,169 by boxley 9/17/09 8:52:36 AM Reply	already have that sense its called common :-0 I have never been lost, been fearsome confused once or twice but never lost. (points for not googling the origin of the phrase) I always know which way north is, innate or something but in the urban environments where most of us live what advantage would this device give? thanx, bill
Post #314,170 by drook 9/17/09 8:59:42 AM Reply	Indoor navigation I'll go into a building knowing the office I'm looking for is on the north side. Turn a few corners, out of site of the windows, take an elevator, come out in another hall with no windows ... now which way am I facing again? Coming out of a parking garage, exit is nowhere near the entrance, down seven levels of corkscrew ramp ... what road did I just exit on? Few of the streets in East Cleveland go straight more than a couple of blocks. Similar to Boston, but for a different reason. I got turned around there after dark once. Not pleasant. So yeah, I think this would be cool. -- Drew
Post #314,173 by mvitale 9/17/09 9:54:23 AM Reply	There's a solution for the streets of Cleveland.... ...It's called a Garmin. Or a TomTom. etc. -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #314,174 by drook 9/17/09 9:58:06 AM Reply	Rather have it "built in" I've got a pretty decent mental map of the city. It's when I walk out of a building through a door I don't use often, and I'm not sure which way I'm facing, that it gets tricky. -- Drew
Post #314,382 by mhuber 9/21/09 10:06:32 AM Reply	I've never ben lost either Sometimes my intended destination has been. Between my sense of direction and the amount of travel I've done, I used to think it was a miracle I managed to find my way back home all the time. Then I realized I actually live in London and I'm so confused I've bought three houses on ... um, not only the wrong land mass, but the wrong kind of land mass. I once took antidepressants. Wellbutrin, to be specific. I completely lost my sense of direction. I couldn't pull into a gas station and remember which way I was going when I finished refueling. It actually improved my ability to find my way, because I had to consciously remember landmarks and read maps for every single trip. My shrink informed me that there was no way an antidepressant can do that. Wellbutrin is great stuff, by the way. If I ever go back to better living through chemistry, I'll ask for it by name.

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