[Cyborg] holy crap, tongue vision?

[Eric Boyd]

This stuff it totally awesome, they don't mention the name of the 
product but I bet it's the latest generation of "BrainPort" technology.

http://vision.wicab.com/technology/

Skory had a project back in the early days of sensebridge to build a diy 
version:

https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Tongue_Tingler

He actually finished the prototype before he left and let several people 
including me try it.  I think it only had 4 electrodes, front back left 
and right?  Anyway, it was a pretty awesome experience, very easy to set 
the current too high and make it painful!  I was able to feel each 
electrode as a different place though, so it was totally proof of 
principle that a diy version can be made.

Eric

On 3/18/10 1:13 PM, denise h. wrote:
> a machine that converts visual images into a series of electrical
> pulses which are sent to this blind dude's tongue!
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8568485.stm
>
>
>
> !!!
>
> Denise
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