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Sense of Touch
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Hello. I'm Marina Santee.
AndI'm Mike Procter. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special Englishmethod of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter wherein the world they live.
Intoday's programme we look at the power of touch! David Bast reads us animaginary story from Greek mythology.
Itwas a light summer evening. The air was fresh and warm. King Midas decided togo for a walk in the green gardens. He was thinking about his money. He alwaysthought about his money! He would count it again later! Ah how he lovedcounting all his riches.
Midas was day-dreaming about the gold as he walked. Soon, he reached a bigtree. He saw a man lying under the tree. The man was asleep! He looked like hehad drunk too much alcohol. King Midas recognised the man. It was Silenus.Silenus knew one of the gods - Dionysus. So King Midas took Silenus into hishome. He gave him food and drink. He provided a place for him to stay. Hetreated Silenus well. King Midas did this for ten days. On the eleventh day hetook Silenus to Dionysus. Dionysus was pleased. He had been worried aboutSilenus. He was happy that Midas had treated him well. He said, "Midas, youmay choose your reward - your gift. I will give you whatever you want - to saythank you."
Midas did not have to think for too long. He knew what hewanted. He said, "I would like everything I touch to turn into gold."
Dionysus agreed. He was not happy with the king's request. ButKing Midas was full of joy! He could not wait to try his new power! He wentoutside and touched an oak tree. Immediately, the whole tree turned to gold!King Midas laughed happily. What a wonderful power! He would be the richestperson in the universe!
Midas returned home. He sat down at his huge table. And heordered his servants,
"Bring me the best wine and the best food."
This was time to celebrate! The servants hurried to attend totheir master. Midas's eyes grew wider and wider. The food looked wonderful!Mmmm what should he eat first? Maybe he should drink a little wine first. Hisservant poured the smooth red wine into a glass. He passed it to the King. Butas the King lifted the glass to his mouth something happened. The wine turnedto gold! King Midas was worried. He looked at the food. He reached out for apiece of the fine food in front of him. And - the same thing happened. The foodturned to gold! Midas could not eat or drink! He tried again - and again.Finally only gold objects lay on the table before him. This was terrible! Hemust go and see Dionysus. He ran out of the house.
On his way, he saw his daughter.
"Father what is wrong?" She asked.
"Oh, my dear. I am so pleased to see you." The Kingsaid, as he put his arms around the young girl. Her body hardened. He stillheld her. He knew what had happened. What a fool! Not his daughter! Tears felldown the King's face. And he fell to his knees. He cried at the feet of thegolden statue - his daughter.
"Dionysus! Dionysus! Dionysus! Please remove my powers!Please! I ... my daughter ... I cannot touch anything! These powers will killme and everyone around me. Please, help."
Dionysus told Midas to go and wash in the river. When he washedthere, his power would leave his body. It would flow into the river instead. Sothe King obeyed. And his power left him from that time on. King Midas decidedthat he hated wealth and riches. He moved to the country to live a simple life.His desire for wealth had cost him greatly.
Thehuman touch is a powerful sense. Someone puts their arm around you when you aresad. No one speaks. But somehow you feel better. When you are young, you holdyour mother's hand when you are afraid.
Thesense of touch is different to the other four senses - seeing, hearing,smelling and tasting. These senses are in particular parts of the body. But thesense of touch is all over the body. It is in the skin. It originates in thedeepest part of skin - the dermis. The dermis is filled with very small nerveendings. These react to touch. They carry information to the spinal cord thatgoes through the backbone. The spinal cord sends messages to the brain.
There are about one hundred touch 'receivers' in the end of each finger! Thismeans that even if you touch something very gently, you can feel it. There isnothing like the human touch.
Or -is there? Scientists in the United States believe that there could be.Professor Saraf and Doctor Vivek Maheshwari work in the University of Nebraska.They have created a device that can 'feel' objects. They say it can 'feel' tothe same degree as a human finger!
Thescientists created a special film. The film is made of very thin materials thatcan sense pressure. The film produces a small amount of light wherever itexperiences pressure. Then the scientists use a camera to see where thepressure is.
Thescientists hope that the device will be useful to doctors. For example, thedevice could touch cells to 'show' if they were normal or cancerous. Suchtechnology could increase the success rate of cancer operations.
Professor Saraf hopes to make more developments. He would like to create adevice that can also sense temperature changes. This would make it more likethe human sense of touch.
Creating an exact copy of any of nature's designs is not an easyjob - even for the experts. After all - no one can compete with God's touch.But scientists' progress in this area is still very promising. If they succeedwith their plans, it will open the way for new possibilities in the world ofmedicine and technology.
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