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Pay close attention; new research says you may qualify for the X-Men. Humans have a kind of "remote touch" that lets them sense objects hidden under sand before actually touching them, according to new research from Queen Mary University of London and University College London. When people moved their fingers through sand to find a buried cube, they could detect it by feeling tiny movements in the sand that bounced off the hidden object.
Researchers found that humans reached about 70-percent accuracy at spotting these objects, which is close to the best that physics says is possible. In a comparison test, a robot with special touch sensors could sense objects from a bit farther away, but it made more mistakes and only got things right 40-percent of the time. The findings could help create better robots for jobs like searching for buried artifacts or exploring places where you can't see well.
Source: Neuroscience News