Existing receptors on a human:
Nose, tongue, skin, ears, eyes and vag.
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Yo 'Ho of Charlie mass-market saucetrepreneur,
Sun 29 Apr 2012, 22:03,
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Tongue and skin wouldn't work, as you'd have to touch first, and your zombies would just chase each other around in circles.
It would have to be smell, or sight.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Sun 29 Apr 2012, 22:06,
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How about modified cones to see infrared?
A zombie has to be a different temperature from normal humans (either hot from infection or cold from being dead)
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Yo 'Ho of Charlie mass-market saucetrepreneur,
Sun 29 Apr 2012, 22:10,
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