ABSTRACT The technology has so far targeted mainly our sense of sight and sound. To further enhance the virtual reality experience and another flavor to it‚ technology is now targeting your nose and tongue. The application area of virtual reality is vast- from normal entertainment to the Internet and e-commerce application. You will be able to smell product before buying them online. California-based Dig scents Inc. has developed the iSmell personal scent synthesizer. This small device connects
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Aesthetics and taste In the practices of looking by Marita Sturken and Lisa Cartwright‚ they discuss the topic of Aesthetics and taste. Sturken and Lisa argue that all forms of arts need judgement for their values and qualities and in order to do this; they need aesthetics and taste. They define aesthetics as the “philosophy and the arts” and taste as “matter of individual interpretation.” They give example from “Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste” (1979) by Pierre Bourdieu
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General Erasmus’ view of the Coloureds in South Africa‚ the Apartheid government and other countries in the world. Johan Erasmus is the head of the Erasmus family. In 1973 he becomes the youngest Major General ever in the history of the South African Defence Force. As a General he knows a lot about South Africa’s position in the world (i.e. its allies and opponents). He knows that there are Portuguese colonies around South Africa which take a friendlier stance towards them than the rest of
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Post-apartheid Society “A Matter of Taste” by Alex La Guma Alex La Guma’s short story “A Matter of Taste” talks about the post-apartheid social relationships and conflicts between the mixed races‚ also known as the coloureds and the whites. Through the observation of John‚ the narrator‚ the American Dream is interpreted differently by Whitey and Chinaboy; in other words‚ by the wealthy and respectable whites and the poor non-whites. Throughout the short story‚ various examples of characterization
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Taste of Watermelon is written by Borden Deal. Taste of Watermelon is written in the year of 1979. It is a short story. He is an American author who is dead! He has been dead 25 years. The Taste of Watermelon is set in the country side where a bunch of farmers live. It is set in the states because of the language used. For example ‘golly’ and ‘gosh’. It is set in around the 1970s‚ the time it was written in. There are 4 main characters I would say. There is Mr. Will who is an old man who is
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or modalities‚ six of these being the five sense organs plus the mind‚ or "inner sense‚" and the other six being the objects of each of these. The Eighteen Factors of Cognition Consciousness | Sense Organ | Object | Consciousness | | Eye | Material Shapes | Visual | | Ear | Sounds | Auditory | | Nose | Smells | Olfactory | | Tongue | Tastes | Gustatory | | Body | Tangibles | Tactile | | Mind Mental | Objects | Mental | (Senses+object)+interpretation=Perception. Perception+mental
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In psychology‚ sensation and perception are stages of processing of the senses in human and animal systems‚ such as vision‚ auditory‚ vestibular‚ and pain senses. Included in this topic is the study of illusions such as motion aftereffect‚ color constancy‚ auditory illusions‚ and depth perception. Sensation is the function of the low-level biochemical and neurological events that begin with the impinging of a stimulus upon the receptor cells of a sensory organ. It is the detection of the elementary
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“The Taste of Melon” Worksheet Name:___________ Steps: 1) Review the plot PowerPoint in class‚ taking notes as needed. Your Elements of Fiction handout has all the base notes in it! 2) Read the story on pg. 130 3) Complete the worksheet below. Answer the following using full sentences (unless otherwise specified). Be sure to refer back to the story to clarify your answers. Be cautious of TRICK questions‚ you will need to go back to story to find them!! 1) How old was the narrator
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Taste of Africa Restaurant Marketing Plan Texas A&M University-Commerce EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It’s no surprise that Americans mostly eat out. It’s predicted that the restaurant industry in the United States will have sales of about $580 billion and a 2.5% percent increase compared to last year. By looking at these figures‚ we can see that the industry has not been affected as much as other businesses by the national economic crisis. The restaurant industry remains
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The Effects of Cola Type on Taste Perception Abstract The purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of cola type on taste perception. It was hypothesized that participants would correctly discriminate “different” cola pairs (e.g.‚ Coke-Pepsi‚ C-P) to a greater extent than “same” cola pairs (e.g.‚ Pepsi-Pepsi‚ P-P). The results support the hypothesis. Overall‚ a higher percentage of “different” cola pairs were correctly discriminated. In addition‚ it was hypothesized that participants
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