What we're talking about here is electrotactile stimulation for sensory augmentation or substitution, an area of study that involves using encoded electric current to represent sensory information -- information that a person cannot receive through the traditional channel -- and applying that current to the skin, which sends the information to the brain. The brain then learns to interpret that sensory information as if it were being sent through the traditional channel for such data. In the 1960s and '70s, this process was the subject of ground-breaking research in sensory substitution at the Smith-Kettlewell Institute led by Paul Bach-y-Rita, MD, Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Now it's the basis for Wicab's BrainPort technology (Dr. Bach-y-Rita is also Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Board of Wicab). Eyeglasses are a typical example of sensory augmentation. Braille is a typical example of sensory substitution -- in this case, you're using one sense, touch, to take in information normally intended for another sense, vision. The Lamborghini Urus is an upcoming super-luxury sport utility vehicle. The name looks kind of awkward, especially for those who lack an Italian accent, but the Urus follows Lamborghini's typically aggressive naming convention: Like most Lamborghini vehicles, it's an homage to a type of bull, specifically, a breed from Spain. And even though there was a big announcement in January of 2014 about the Urus' official production schedule, Lamborghini first revealed the Urus (in concept form) at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show -- nearly two years earlier. Brand representatives said then they expected the Urus to sell at a rate of about 3,000 vehicles per year, although they hadn't yet made the definite decision to produce it. Lamborghini chose to reveal the Urus in China because, at the time, economists and auto industry experts predicted that by as early as 2015, demand for luxury sport utility vehicles in the Chinese market would grow by nearly 50 percent.|SINGAPORE - Shares in Asia-Pacific rose on Wednesday as investors continued monitoring the intensifying crisis surrounding Ukraine. Mainland Chinese stocks closed higher with the Shanghai composite gaining 0.93% to 3,489.15 and the Shenzhen component surging 1.902% to about 13,549.99. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index advanced about 0.6%, as of its final hour of trading. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded 0.35% higher. U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday Russia has begun "an invasion" of Ukraine and announced sanctions against Russian banks and the country's sovereign debt, among others. Biden's announcement came following the Russian parliament's approval of President Vladimir Putin's Tuesday request to use military force outside the country's borders. Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank wrote in a Wednesday note. The yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury note last sat at 1.9529%. The 10-year Treasury has crossed 2% in recent weeks as investors reposition themselves ahead of expected rate hikes by the U.S. bbc news espanol
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