UCP Episode 028: Vestibulo Ocular Reflex or Why Chickens Have Steady Cam Heads & Humans Don’t

Chicken Steady Cam Experiment

Chicken Steady Cam Experiment – photo courtesy of jeremiahwj

Mercedes-Benz recently released a new commercial in which several chickens are rolled and moved about by anonymous human arms.  The point of the commercial is to demonstrate the fact that a chicken’s head is incredibly stable despite its body’s movements (and then liken their automobile’s stabilization to a chicken’s stable head).   This physical attribute gives chickens the appearance of having “steady-camera” head.

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