Re: OT: Bionic Woman again

In article <t5dkg3lkd9prs92gd60t05i6gld56v850i@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 "lab~rat  >:-)" <chase@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:46:50 -0400, Thanatos <atropos@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> puked:
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> >In article <ig6kg3pcmsq96g5vtv1q6kt9vs77gqtl8d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "lab~rat  >:-)" <chase@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:30:27 -0400, Manfred Mann
> >> <ManfredMann@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> puked:
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> >> > 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
> > slightly 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.
> 
> Ok, we can pretend that for the moment. I'm assuming they
> wouldn't be in the ear canal, where sound is channeled down
> a tube.

Perhaps not. Perhaps the receptors for the bionic ear are located in the 
dermis in and around the ear.
 
> And BTW, I'm not aware of any bionic technology that can do what you
> say.

Well, that can be said for the entire concept of the show and the extent 
of the technology they're showcasing on it.