Going from memory of too many physiology lectures ...
Update rate of sensory nerves is around 20Hz, at best. You can probably make do with 10Hz. 50Hz is overkill.
Sampling depth: 8 bits is overkill, again -- I suspect you can probably do the whole lot in 16 bits (excessive pressure or temperature as a multiplier for pain).
Resolution: fingertips, tongue, face, you're talking maybe 20dpi. Rest of body -- for example, your arms or legs -- are down to about 3-4dpi. You can test this yourself: take two pins and stick them in your arm a short distance apart. See how far apart they have to be before you can sense them as separate inputs.
On the other hand, you missed out completely on internal proprioception -- sense of pain/pressure for internal organs. I guess we can't easily stimulate that without some kind of direct neural interface, but it's fun to speculate about. I suspect the entire bandwidth of the abdominal cavity is something less than 1Kb/sec, though.
no subject
Update rate of sensory nerves is around 20Hz, at best. You can probably make do with 10Hz. 50Hz is overkill.
Sampling depth: 8 bits is overkill, again -- I suspect you can probably do the whole lot in 16 bits (excessive pressure or temperature as a multiplier for pain).
Resolution: fingertips, tongue, face, you're talking maybe 20dpi. Rest of body -- for example, your arms or legs -- are down to about 3-4dpi. You can test this yourself: take two pins and stick them in your arm a short distance apart. See how far apart they have to be before you can sense them as separate inputs.
On the other hand, you missed out completely on internal proprioception -- sense of pain/pressure for internal organs. I guess we can't easily stimulate that without some kind of direct neural interface, but it's fun to speculate about. I suspect the entire bandwidth of the abdominal cavity is something less than 1Kb/sec, though.