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The six senses

What is the sixth sense?

Published 03 December 2017
By Sunday Times Driving
We have sight, sound, smell, touch and taste, but could there one day be a sixth sense? Five pioneers predict our future and attempt to answer...
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Follow your nose: the science of smell (ad)

In the fourth of our series on how technology is being inspired by the senses, Audi discovers why an ‘odour artist’ wants us to smell the world.
Published 19 November 2017
Going out on a limb: the cutting-edge prosthetic limbs allowing amputees to feel the ground beneath them

Going out on a limb: cutting-edge prosthetics (ad)

In the third of our series on how technology takes inspiration from our senses, Audi explores the link between touch and our ability to live...
Published 12 November 2017
Andrew Steel, DNAFit: You really are what you eat: the nutrition plan that's based on your DNA

You really are what you eat (ad)

In the second of our series on how technology is taking inspiration from our senses, Audi explores the link between taste and genetics.
Published 05 November 2017
The light that never goes out: Julian Melchiorri's 'bionic chandelier'

The light that never goes out (ad)

In the first of a new series on how technology is taking inspiration from our five senses, Audi explores the link between innovation and sight.
Published 29 October 2017