Mar 1, 2016
How does a driver know when to start braking and whether they are braking hard enough to avoid a collision? Where do we look when we steer around a curve? Do race car drivers look somewhere different?
Why is it so hard to hit (and throw!) a knuckleball? (Time: 18:36)
Links to articles discussed:
A theory of visual control of braking based on information about time-to-collision
Using vision to control locomotion: looking where you want to go
Knuckleball graph link:
http://www.amazinavenue.com/2010/6/10/1511336/why-is-it-so-hard-to-hit-the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36E46a1bG70
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Credits:
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Split Single – Made for Breaking
Wheel on Fire – Hit You With a Kiss
Calexico – Bend to the Road
Mikal Cronin – Turn Around
Apache – Bloody Knuckles
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