Scivillage.com Casual Discussion Science Forum

Full Version: Hearing color instead of seeing it
You're currently viewing a stripped down version of our content. View the full version with proper formatting.
http://flowingdata.com/2015/08/20/hearin...seeing-it/

EXCERPT: Artist Neil Harbisson is completely colorblind, so he sees in black and white. But he still perceives color. Harbisson has an implant in the back of his head that's essentially an antenna with a color sensor attached. The sensor signals are transposed to audio and he listens through bone conduction. Watch in the short video below...
David Eagleman on expanding the human senses...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRk6IsUUseg