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diff org/touch.org @ 254:91654978c8e0
finished rough draft for touch
author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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date | Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:27:24 -0700 |
parents | e23717fefc7f |
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1.1 --- a/org/touch.org Mon Feb 13 22:52:00 2012 -0700 1.2 +++ b/org/touch.org Mon Feb 13 23:27:24 2012 -0700 1.3 @@ -733,9 +733,26 @@ 1.4 #+html: <ul> <li> <a href="../org/touch.org">This org file</a> </li> </ul> 1.5 - [[http://hg.bortreb.com ][source-repository]] 1.6 1.7 +* Next 1.8 +So far I've implemented simulated Vision, Hearing, and Touch, the most 1.9 +obvious and promiment senses that humans have. Smell and Taste shall 1.10 +remain unimplemented for now. This accounts for the "five senses" that 1.11 +feature so prominently in our lives. But humans have far more than the 1.12 +five main senses. There are internal chemical senses, pain (which is 1.13 +*not* the same as touch), heat sensitivity, and our sense of balance, 1.14 +among others. One extra sense is so important that I must implement it 1.15 +to have a hope of making creatures that can gracefully control their 1.16 +own bodies. It is Proprioception which is the sense of the location 1.17 +of each body part in relation to the other body parts. 1.18 1.19 -* Next 1.20 +Close your eyes, and touch your nose with your right index finger. How 1.21 +did you do it? You could not see your hand, and neither your hand nor 1.22 +your nose could use the sense of touch to guide the path of your hand. 1.23 +There are no sound cues, and Taste and Smell certainly don't provide 1.24 +any help. You know where your hand is without your other senses 1.25 +because of Proprioception. 1.26 1.27 +Onward to [[./proprioception.org][proprioception]]! 1.28 1.29 * COMMENT Code Generation 1.30 #+begin_src clojure :tangle ../src/cortex/touch.clj