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I read about a blind guy who had a camera hooked up to an array of electrodes on his back and eventually was able to 'see' using it. That was a long time ago, b
by danwills 7y ago
I read about a blind guy who had a camera hooked up to an array of electrodes on his back and eventually was able to 'see' using it. That was a long time ago, but it looks like it's still a thing nowadays, see 'Brainport' [1] and 'Visual Prosthesis' [2] (aka 'bionic eye'). It's amazing how plastic brains and nervous systems seem to be!
[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/device-lets-blind-see-with-tongues/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/device-lets-blind...
[2]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_prosthesis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_prosthesis
- esotericsean 7y agoThat’s amazing and actually reminds me of a book I read about young Merlin. As a child Merlin was blinded but learned to “see” by sensing objects with magic. Eventually he became so good at it that even though he didn’t use his eyes, it was just as good as normal sight.