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Jamie Oliver
Can you think of any more?
Tools for looking: Magnifying glass, torch, microscope, telescope, binoculars.
Tools for listening: Microphone, speakers.
Videos to watch on the BBC Inside the Human body website:
A tour of the eye with an explanation of how we see in normal life is followed by a real life example of divers in the Moken tribe in Thailand whose eyes have adapted to enable them to see clearly underwater.
A visual journey into the ear, looking at both hearing and balance. The 3D visuals are placed along side real-life footage of a child in Africa learning to walk, using their sense of balance.
Combining 3D CGI graphics with a real life story it questions what 'sight' really is and where it happens. The story unfolds to show a man who has been blind for 25 years who can now 'see' well enough to climb. Its all because of a new piece of technology that turns electrical data from a camera into impulses sensed by his tongue.
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