Re: OT: Bionic Woman again

In article <ig6kg3pcmsq96g5vtv1q6kt9vs77gqtl8d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "lab~rat  >:-)" <chase@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:30:27 -0400, Manfred Mann
> <ManfredMann@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> puked:

> >In this day and age if you can miniaturize hundreds of integrated 
> >circuits on a tiny circuit board why can't you put multiple
> >receptors in the ear?
> >
> >Maybe you should read up on intergrated circuits/miniaturization
> >that can be done today.
> 
> Does it matter if multiple receptors are in the same location?

But they wouldn't be in the same location. They'd be spaced sslightly 
apart, just like the receptors in the compound eye of a fly.

> The reason your ears are on both sides of your head is so
> you can tell the direction of a given sound.

Yes, the limitations of our biology require spacing of several inches to 
produce the effect. But the bionic technology is not bound by those 
limitations. It can make distance/direction distinctions with receptors 
spaced only microns apart.