From:	Calvin Hsieh <u2172778@*******.ACSU.UNSW.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Dolphin Sonar
Date:	Sun, 1 Dec 1996 13:04:53 +1100

On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Glenn Robertson wrote:

> As for the neurological point of view, are you even sure it is correct?

Definitely, I'm a med person.

> LARGE chunks of the brain have been replaced by various parts of
> cyberware. Look at a full head implant cyberdeck. It IS actual FASA
> stuff, and it takes up buku space. Also, all parts of the body virtually
> can be replaced, augmented, etc and all of the innervations can be
> replaced. Look at the synaptic accelerators and the like. I'm NOT
> saying the entire brain can be replaced. I am simply saying sonar is not
> that big of a modification. Sonar isn't much different from radar
> really, only thru a different medium, water as opposed to air. Look at a
> fuzzbuster or even the new fuzzbuster/jammers. They are capable of
> sending and receiving, and they are small now.

Fuzzbusters? Explain.

Put in the various grades
> of components and better tech available in SR, and it becomes even more
> miniaturized. The brain doesn't have to process the signals, merely the
> unit. It then would link and give the final results, much like head
> decks, chipjacks for data chips which must be read and such, etc, etc.
> The brain merely must accept the bottomline that the unit feeds it.
>

My point is that the brain would have to integrate the info from the
radar/sonar unit. This will require a large amount of modifications to
the brain. It is not like linking up a cyberdeck as that just sticks into
a HUD like interface. The sonar will be associated with reflexes etc
which require alot of wiring to those parts of the brain I mentioned before.

Shaman

> glenn :)
>