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So this was created by MIT students? Geez... > When the body senses itself internally and localizes its actions, it provides the basis for a material sense of
by RGamma 8y ago
So this was created by MIT students? Geez...
> When the body senses itself internally and localizes its actions, it provides the basis for a material sense of self-existence. At the same time, the mind registers the sense of an agency with free will, the sense of being, the cause of voluntary action.
After reading these first two sentences I thought this was supposed to be a parody or somesuch thing.
> The design of Masque draws inspiration from Italian carnival masks. For critics of Commedia dell’Arte, there was a direct connection between covering one’s face and hiding one’s heart. [...] The visual design implies the inherent tension between self-control and self-disguise in the device.
Yep, art project gone haywire. This apparently is part of some strange armchair psychology/human biology Master's thesis: https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/114069 https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/114069
The design of the mask does look intriguing though!