Sixth sense: probing the world by means of electric auras

Science News, June 19, 2004 by Peter Weiss

As popular as the chip is, it implements only some of the capabilities explored by the MIT team. A next-generation device will provide more-refined measurements, DeLong says. Microchips connected to advanced electrodes in walls and floors could locate and count people as they move, says Anderson.

By then, the human technology may finally rival nature's. As DeLong puts it, "We're trying to get to where we're as good as those fish."

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