The Background - Artificial Human Sensors: Science and Applications - page 19

Figure 1.4. How will the world be perceived with this type of perceptual vision?.

normally differs, compared to humans where survival challenges are typically
decreasing or have already disappeared in the daily life. The evolution process has
been aimed to form the spices perceptual performance in a more goal driven and
survival oriented direction, however during the last generations without too much
of success. The example shown in Fig. 1.4 demonstrates the fact that the sensing
input is quite different, more explicit and refined in different habitats, depending
on their specific circumstances in the living environment.
Unfortunately, the unimaginable circumstances could be frightening, when we
understand that we do not have a general view, or control of what may be happen-
ing in the world or even in our close proximity. Maybe Nietschke as illustrated
by Heidegger, Gray (1968), has a crucial point, when stating that humans have no
control of the world. Then, since we probably are not able to distinguish between
the fine, decisive and crucial importance of perceptual sensations and specially de-
veloped nuance, as for example in olfaction in dogs, vision in birds or the tactile
sensing on the skin of a shark.

Further, there could also be such an unrealistic circumstance, that we are not even able to
perceive the full flavour of a complete world outside the one we are normally able to sense
or feel.

Our human senses have since time generally decreased in performance and we
may consider a need to again increase and complement the existing perceptual
information to correspond to our actual needs and requirements. An increased
amount of momentary information that complement our own senses could be of
great satisfaction with regard to experience and provide an extended enjoyment,