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Science Nation - Just by a Whisker

From rats to robots: The story of the humble whisker. With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Mitra Hartmann, associate professor at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering, and her students are beginning to get a feel for how animals perceive the world around them. The team starts by looking at one of the most powerful sensory systems in nature: the rat whisker system.

Filming date: 29 Oct 2009

Contributors/Organisations: Northwestern University

Science > Neuroscience > Neurorobotics

Keywords: national science foundation, NSF, Science Nation, ScienceNation, Mitra Hartmann, Rats, rat whiskers, sensory systems, northwestern university, Northwestern, Research, biomedical, Engineering, chia pet

Posted by: Mitra J Z Hartmann

Posted on: 11 May 2012

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