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Sensory Weavers | Psychic Technology
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3 years of hobby into a rough 15 min high level conceptual overview, speculation.
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Some thoughts from board member @michaelweinberg.org on the bills being raised around 3D printing and screening for specific parts michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/02...
3D Printers Cannot Effectively Screen for Gun Parts
I put things here so they are on the internet
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February 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Some thoughts from board member @michaelweinberg.org on the bills being raised around 3D printing and screening for specific parts michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/02...
Being uniquely situated to comment on @greatdismal.bsky.social's (well known) forward looking skills, specifically about augments...
Some of the phenomenological descriptions of longer term usage and integration of new data, make me wonder if he's not secretly a cyborg too, or knew some :)
Some of the phenomenological descriptions of longer term usage and integration of new data, make me wonder if he's not secretly a cyborg too, or knew some :)
February 8, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Being uniquely situated to comment on @greatdismal.bsky.social's (well known) forward looking skills, specifically about augments...
Some of the phenomenological descriptions of longer term usage and integration of new data, make me wonder if he's not secretly a cyborg too, or knew some :)
Some of the phenomenological descriptions of longer term usage and integration of new data, make me wonder if he's not secretly a cyborg too, or knew some :)
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New Paper: Pupillary responses are not a reliable index of differences in imagery vividness.
Our search for more reliable metrics of imagery continues...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our search for more reliable metrics of imagery continues...
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Imagery modulates the pupillary response, but this does not reliably index differences in imagery vividness.
Most people report that they can imagine seeing things in their mind’s eye. But there are large individual differences. A small proportion of people r…
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February 4, 2026 at 5:20 AM
New Paper: Pupillary responses are not a reliable index of differences in imagery vividness.
Our search for more reliable metrics of imagery continues...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our search for more reliable metrics of imagery continues...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@seeingwithsound.bsky.social do you think the vOICe app on android would work with a USB endoscope? Was talking with someone about it and was wondering if that would be a way to keep a phone in a pocket.
December 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
@seeingwithsound.bsky.social do you think the vOICe app on android would work with a USB endoscope? Was talking with someone about it and was wondering if that would be a way to keep a phone in a pocket.
Well shit now science is using the term perceptual manifold meaning my usage is very much improper
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Well shit now science is using the term perceptual manifold meaning my usage is very much improper
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reminds me a bit of this, but over the visual medium so not helping as much for muscle memory training, perhaps? Would be interesting to see studies!
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November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Reminds me a bit of this, but over the visual medium so not helping as much for muscle memory training, perhaps? Would be interesting to see studies!
dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml...
dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml...
It's interesting noticing now after about a year of daily wearing augmentation devices, the mind's eye imagination for thermal information is no longer is just tactile but also spatial/visual based, as a separate sensation for conceptualizing.
Subjective phenomenology, n=1, and all that, but still
Subjective phenomenology, n=1, and all that, but still
3 years of hobby into a rough 15 min high level conceptual overview, speculation.
youtu.be/-l-xtcU163I
youtu.be/-l-xtcU163I
Sensory Weavers | Psychic Technology
YouTube video by Curiosiate
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October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's interesting noticing now after about a year of daily wearing augmentation devices, the mind's eye imagination for thermal information is no longer is just tactile but also spatial/visual based, as a separate sensation for conceptualizing.
Subjective phenomenology, n=1, and all that, but still
Subjective phenomenology, n=1, and all that, but still
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New research in JEP: Human Perception and Performance from @xinchiyu.bsky.social et al. shows that prior semantic knowledge helps people remember brief glimpses of everyday objects, highlighting how memory and perception work together in daily life. Editor's Choice article: https://bit.ly/4gT8Prl
October 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
New research in JEP: Human Perception and Performance from @xinchiyu.bsky.social et al. shows that prior semantic knowledge helps people remember brief glimpses of everyday objects, highlighting how memory and perception work together in daily life. Editor's Choice article: https://bit.ly/4gT8Prl
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Our new study (Titled: Memory Loves Company) asks whether working memory hold more when objects belong together.
And yes, when everyday objects are paired meaningfully (Bow-Arrow), people remember them better than when they’re unrelated (Glass-Arrow). (mini thread)
And yes, when everyday objects are paired meaningfully (Bow-Arrow), people remember them better than when they’re unrelated (Glass-Arrow). (mini thread)
August 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Our new study (Titled: Memory Loves Company) asks whether working memory hold more when objects belong together.
And yes, when everyday objects are paired meaningfully (Bow-Arrow), people remember them better than when they’re unrelated (Glass-Arrow). (mini thread)
And yes, when everyday objects are paired meaningfully (Bow-Arrow), people remember them better than when they’re unrelated (Glass-Arrow). (mini thread)
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For dolphins, #echolocation may be more like 'touching' than 'seeing' www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-... (archived at archive.ph/jCFj8) Dolphins seem to "feel" their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar
For Dolphins, Echolocation May Be More Like ‘Touching’ Than ‘Seeing’
Dolphins seem to “feel” their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar
www.scientificamerican.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
For dolphins, #echolocation may be more like 'touching' than 'seeing' www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-... (archived at archive.ph/jCFj8) Dolphins seem to "feel" their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar
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#ThermalSense: A sensory substitution system for enabling perception of thermal information dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... by @iddowald.bsky.social @ambermaimon.bsky.social et al.
ThermalSense: A Sensory Substitution System for Enabling Perception of Thermal Information | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
We present the development process, design considerations and generalized system engineering
for the ThermalSense sensory substitution system. The system utilizes visual-to-auditory
sensory substituti...
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June 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#ThermalSense: A sensory substitution system for enabling perception of thermal information dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... by @iddowald.bsky.social @ambermaimon.bsky.social et al.
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In our new MEG/RIFT study from @thechbh.bsky.social by
@katduecker.bsky.social , we show that feature-guidance in visual search alters neuronal excitability in early visual cortex —supporting a priority-map-based attentional mechanism.
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@katduecker.bsky.social , we show that feature-guidance in visual search alters neuronal excitability in early visual cortex —supporting a priority-map-based attentional mechanism.
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Guided visual search is associated with target boosting and distractor suppression in early visual cortex
Communications Biology - Magnetoencephalography in human participants paired with Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging reveals that excitability in early visual cortex is modulated to boost targets...
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June 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
In our new MEG/RIFT study from @thechbh.bsky.social by
@katduecker.bsky.social , we show that feature-guidance in visual search alters neuronal excitability in early visual cortex —supporting a priority-map-based attentional mechanism.
rdcu.be/eqFX7
@katduecker.bsky.social , we show that feature-guidance in visual search alters neuronal excitability in early visual cortex —supporting a priority-map-based attentional mechanism.
rdcu.be/eqFX7
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How fast do we extract distance cues from scenes 🛤️🏞️🏜️ and integrate them with retinal size 🧸🐻 to infer real object size? Our new EEG study in Cortex has answers! w/ @dkaiserlab.bsky.social @suryagayet.bsky.social @peelen.bsky.social
Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The neural time course of size constancy in natural scenes
Accurate real-world size perception relies on size constancy, a mechanism that integrates an object's retinal size with distance information. The neur…
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May 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
How fast do we extract distance cues from scenes 🛤️🏞️🏜️ and integrate them with retinal size 🧸🐻 to infer real object size? Our new EEG study in Cortex has answers! w/ @dkaiserlab.bsky.social @suryagayet.bsky.social @peelen.bsky.social
Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
3 years of hobby into a rough 15 min high level conceptual overview, speculation.
youtu.be/-l-xtcU163I
youtu.be/-l-xtcU163I
Sensory Weavers | Psychic Technology
YouTube video by Curiosiate
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May 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
3 years of hobby into a rough 15 min high level conceptual overview, speculation.
youtu.be/-l-xtcU163I
youtu.be/-l-xtcU163I
techxplore.com/news/2025-04...
Gloves never struck me as super serviceable or utilitarian for blind individuals for all day ease of use/cleaning, as it is reducing tactile feedback over a large area. Does the added context outweigh the lost ones from gloves?
Can they wash hands easily?
Gloves never struck me as super serviceable or utilitarian for blind individuals for all day ease of use/cleaning, as it is reducing tactile feedback over a large area. Does the added context outweigh the lost ones from gloves?
Can they wash hands easily?
Deafblind people to understand live conversations thanks to e-textiles technology
Thousands of people who are born deafblind will understand live conversations for the first time thanks to new research into smart textiles being developed by Nottingham Trent University (NTU).
techxplore.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Gloves never struck me as super serviceable or utilitarian for blind individuals for all day ease of use/cleaning, as it is reducing tactile feedback over a large area. Does the added context outweigh the lost ones from gloves?
Can they wash hands easily?
Gloves never struck me as super serviceable or utilitarian for blind individuals for all day ease of use/cleaning, as it is reducing tactile feedback over a large area. Does the added context outweigh the lost ones from gloves?
Can they wash hands easily?
Wet days means the augments stay in the bag until at work :(
(Zeus hates a cyborg)
(Zeus hates a cyborg)
May 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Wet days means the augments stay in the bag until at work :(
(Zeus hates a cyborg)
(Zeus hates a cyborg)
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Very happy to announce that our paper “Sensory Horizons and the Functions of Conscious Vision” is now out as a target article in BBS!! @smfleming.bsky.social and I present a new theory of the evolution and functions of visual consciousness. Article here: doi.org/10.1017/S014.... A (long) thread 🧵
Sensory Horizons and the Functions of Conscious Vision | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Sensory Horizons and the Functions of Conscious Vision
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April 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Very happy to announce that our paper “Sensory Horizons and the Functions of Conscious Vision” is now out as a target article in BBS!! @smfleming.bsky.social and I present a new theory of the evolution and functions of visual consciousness. Article here: doi.org/10.1017/S014.... A (long) thread 🧵
Some sort of wizardry going on, all it needs is a hat...
April 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Some sort of wizardry going on, all it needs is a hat...
Beefier sensor module but means no longer needing 2 sensor slots in order to filter thermals by distance for the perceptual manifold.
March 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Beefier sensor module but means no longer needing 2 sensor slots in order to filter thermals by distance for the perceptual manifold.
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(video, 2012) Shinsuke Shimojo: Sensory substitution, and the third kind of qualia zkm.de/de/media/vid... #neuroscience #qualia
Shinsuke Shimojo: Sensory Substitution, and the Third Kind of Qualia | ZKM
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March 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
(video, 2012) Shinsuke Shimojo: Sensory substitution, and the third kind of qualia zkm.de/de/media/vid... #neuroscience #qualia
This looks familiar
March 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This looks familiar
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Sensory Substitution oecs.mit.edu/pub/lmiweq0s... by Malika Auvray via @oecs-bot.bsky.social
Sensory Substitution
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March 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sensory Substitution oecs.mit.edu/pub/lmiweq0s... by Malika Auvray via @oecs-bot.bsky.social
we may have even more autonomous mode swapping in our existing sensor setups.
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
The pupillary respiratory‐phase response: pupil size is smallest around inhalation onset and largest during exhalation
Abstract figure legend Across five experiments including 203 participants and a wide range of experimental conditions we demonstrate that pupil size fluctuates in a systematic manner over the course ....
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February 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
we may have even more autonomous mode swapping in our existing sensor setups.
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...