Researchers Create “Sixth Sense” Headband

September 19th, 2007 | jchaager | technology

Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have developed a headband that gives wears a seeming sixth sense. The device uses infrared sensors to detect the environment around the wearer and tiny motors that create sensations on the skin allowing the user to “feel” where things are around them without being able to see. Check out the video explaining how it works and showing a demonstration of it functioning

[from New Scientist Technology Blog]