Echolocation

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Synopsis

Using sound to perceive the environment.

Relationships

Context:
Consequent Sound , Awareness , Emotional Script , Make Sound not War .
May imply:
Sound Input .

Description

Echolocation is about the use of sound with the purpose perceiving aspects about the environment. Echolocation is a technique used by some animals (noticeably, bats and dolphins). Here the concept is taken broadly, encompassing all techniques in which sound is part of the method and the spacial information is part of the outcome.

Inspiring examples from Nature , as inspired by dolphi

Examples

Devil's Tuning Fork:

Spore:

Shadow of the Colossus:

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Silent Hill:

External Resources

Gareth Jones, Echolocation, Current Biology, Volume 15, Issue 13, 12 July 2005, Pages R484-R488, ISSN 0960-9822, 10.1016/j.cub.2005.06.051. PDF