Internet Research Project

Task: Use the internet to research information on the following topic:

Scientific efforts to replicate human sensory functions (vision, audition, gustation, olfaction, tactile).

Note: Replicate DOES NOT mean enhance; e.g. a hearing aid enhances audition – it does not replicate it.

Product: The product is a presentation slide show that identifies the efforts of the scientific community to replicate the functions of human sensation in a single capability.

Criteria: The presentation must:

a. Address all five senses

b. Be no fewer than 15 and no longer than 20 minutes in duration

c. Include a website bibliography of at least ten separate sites and the full URL address of each site. Websites shall not be generic learning sites, such as, but not limited to Grolier’s, Encyclopedia Britannica/Americana, MS Bookshelf, Amazon.com, Cnet, ask Jeeves, etc

d. Have an introduction, a body and a conclusion

e. Explain & demonstrate how each sense functions in a human.

f. Identify the organization(s) performing the work, the intended use, a description of the method of replication and a summary of the results*

g. Intended uses of the capability

h. How each sense functions in the replication

i. Be presented at the designated class, with a hard copy for the instructor, provided PRIOR to the start of the presentation. It may be a digital presentation using PowerPoint, or an analog presentation using an overhead projector. An overhead projector will be available. Any other means of projecting is the responsibility of each group.

General Information:

a. Each group is responsible for the presentation and all group members shall participate.

b. The group is to determine how research will be accomplished, which member of the group has responsibility for which activities within the project, when the group will meet to prepare (some class time will be allocated; however, it will not be enough to complete the project, so plan for outside class activity) and the manner in which the presentation will occur.

c. Your instructor will provide you suspense dates for the various milestones of the project to include project outline, research conduct and presentation preparation.

Example of What Your Presentation Should Include

An example of an entry for the human sensory function of telekinesis might look like this:

1	Telekinesis
2
3	http://paranormal.about.com/cs/telekinesis/
4	Humans have the ability to move small objects via brainwave control of the molecular structure of the object. The brain generates a series of Delta electromagnetic waves that, when polarized, create opposite flux magnetic fields of sufficient strength to counteract the force of gravity. See Figure 1.
5
a	The American Telekinesis Foundation
b	To enable unmanned manipulation of heavy objects in a hazardous environment
c	The ATF has developed a mobile vehicle that has three functions: 1) it creates an anti-gravitational field through the use of opposite molecular polarization, which is generated by a pair of synchronized Vandergraaf generators, 2) it lifts objects not exceeding 50 kg. via the anti-grav field onto a transport tray and 3) the vehicle moves over varying terrain from the point of pickup to the point of drop-off. The ATF research team has developed TATB (The Artificial Telekinesis Being) known as Tabby. Tabby is a motorized chassis employing a hydraulically articulated catch bucket, a HAL 9000 PC, a Sony TVR 140 digital camcorder and proprietary software (see Figure 1 at Appendix A). The operator transmits commands from a remote mini-console via an infrared signal to the infrared receiver on the vehicle, which relays the commands thru an IR link to the HAL CPU (see Diagram 2, Appendix A).

Peer Evaluation Form

Your group name______________________________________________________________________

Each member of the group may receive up to 100 points. You are to decide how many of those points each member should receive, based on their effort in contributing to the project.

Individual’s Name	Poss. Pts.	Act. Pts
	100
	100
	100
	100
	100
	100
	100
	100

Group Evaluated: Evaluated by:

#	Item	Poss. Pts	Vision	Audition	Olfaction	Gustation	Tactile	Actl. Pts
1	Addresses all five senses	5
2	Be no fewer than 15 and no longer than 20 minutes in duration	10	X	X	X	X	X
3	Include a website bibliography of at least ten separate sites and the full URL address of each site. Websites shall not be generic learning sites, such as, but not limited to Grolier’s, Encyclopedia Brit./Amer., MS Bookshelf, Amazon.com, ask Jeeves, etc	5	X	X	X	X	X
4	Explain how each sense functions in a human., to include diagrams	10
5	Identify:
a	organization performing the work	5
b	intended use	5
c	description of the method of replication	10
		50

Sample of maximum grade

#	Item	Poss. Pts	Vision	Audition	Olfaction	Gustation	Tactile	Actl. Pts
1	Addresses all five senses	5	1	1	1	1	1	5
2	Be no fewer than 15 and no longer than 20 minutes in duration	10	X	X	X	X	X	10
3	Include a website bibliography of at least ten separate sites and the full URL address of each site. Websites shall not be generic learning sites, such as, but not limited to Grolier’s, Encyclopedia Brit./Amer., MS Bookshelf, Amazon.com, ask Jeeves, etc	5	X	X	X	X	X	5
4	Explain how each sense functions in a human., to include diagrams	10	2	2	2	2	2	10
5	Identify:
a	organization performing the work	5	1	1	1	1	1	5
b	intended use	5	1	1	1	1	1	5
c	description of the method of replication	10	2	2	2	2	2	10
		50						50