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:

Additional Comments

The term "Echolocation" was coined by Donald Griffin in 1944, to describe the phenomenon by which bats could use reflected sounds to detect objects. The presentation of his discovery is surrounded by interesting stories of disbelief and rejection, namely within the scientific community.

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