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If I could augment my senses (w/ implant or similar) ...

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I'd most want a radiation meter

384 votes / 1%

I'd most want to be able to safely detect electric currents

997 votes / 4%

I'd most want a built in compass

1067 votes / 5%

I'd most want a lie detector

8334 votes / 40%

I'd most want to see a wider color specturm

5290 votes / 25%

I'd most want to hear a wider range of sound

1293 votes / 6%

None of these are what I'd want (I'll explain below!)

1430 votes / 6%

My senses are fine as they are, thanks.

1699 votes / 8%

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Buy it now! (Score:5, Informative)

by MrLogic17 ( 233498 ) writes: on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @02:04PM (#43215433) Journal

At least one of these you can buy now. http://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/ [sensebridge.net]
Haven't bought one yet, but I'm tempted.
I'm betting that Google Glass/other vision system will have expanded visual spectrum (mapped to "normal" colors) soon. Great for color-blind people, too.

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Re:A wider color spectrum... (Score:5, Informative)

by RussR42 ( 779993 ) writes: on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @05:26PM (#43217903)

If you extend the definition of "color spectrum" just enough to also include the ability to detect the polarization of light, then you can very easily determine the location of the Sun at all times during daylight (and dusk) hours, even when it's cloudy. That's again generally "good enough" for a compass.
Actually, you already can sort-of just barely detect polarization: Haidinger's brush [wikipedia.org] . And also xkcd [xkcd.com].

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Existing augmentations. (Score:2, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @08:19PM (#43219347)

You can already get magnetic implants which allow one to sense magnetic fields. The implant is effectively a small magnet placed under the nerve center in the tip of one finger. When exposed to a magnetic field the magnet will move, this movement is picked up and interpreted as a novel sense.
I got one of these implants about 6 months and after a 2-3 month acclimatisation period it's fascinating what you can pick up. Although the range is typically very short (normally 6 inches or less) I can feel magnetic fields from things such as the wiring under walls, the motor in my laptops fan and HDD, and sometimes the equipment in my universities physics lab from the outside corridor.
Check out this link for some more information: http://wiki.bme.com/index.php?title=Magnetic_Implant

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Re:Echo-location (Score:4, Informative)

by TheLink ( 130905 ) writes: on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @07:19AM (#43222199) Journal

Some humans can learn a rudimentary form of echolocation:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19524962 [bbc.co.uk]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLziFMF4DHA [youtube.com]

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