This was originally demonstrated by Professor Bach-Y-Rita in his work on neuroplasticity. Things other than cameras work just as well, interestingly; they've us

This was originally demonstrated by Professor Bach-Y-Rita in his work on neuroplasticity. Things other than cameras work just as well, interestingly; they've used the same kind of system to help people with inner ear damage learn to balance, give people built-in compasses, and to give people radar and sonar "vision". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bach-y-Rita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bach-y-Rita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainport