Frontiers for Young Minds

Fletcher, M

If one of your senses is not working properly, your brain fills in the gaps by paying more attention to the other senses. However, your other senses cannot always fill in the gaps. If your ears are not working, your eyes alone may not be able to tell your brain that an out-of-control car is screeching toward you. But what if we could help the brain fill in the gaps by purposefully sending the missing information through another sense? What if you could “hear” where a sound is through your sense of touch? This article, which is aimed at young readers, explains how people were able to do just that, using wristbands that converted sound into vibration. You can find out more about our latest work at: www.electrohaptics.co.uk.

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