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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
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Thankfully British soldier Craig Lundberg, 24, who was blinded in Iraq three years ago, doesn't have to lick objects and faces to have an idea of where he should be looking. Thanks to some innovative, ground-breaking technology, Lundberg can 'see', albeit sketchily, via some glasses with a video-camera built in and a clever, electrode-stimulating object that sits on his tongue.
Sky News explain how the kit works:
"The device consists of a high-tech 'lollipop' that rests on Craig's tongue. It converts images from a video camera, that he wears on a pair of glasses, into signals that stimulate electrodes on the lollipop.
The £10,000 device works on the principle of sensory substitution. The brain recognises that the signals stimulating the tongue have nothing to do with taste, and re-routes them to the visual centre of the brain for processing."
There's also a video at the link below, featuring Lundberg and his explanation of how he finds using the device. |
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pineapple
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So does he have to stick his tongue out all the time?
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
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Milhouse
Joined: Dec 19 2008
Location: Charlottesville, VA
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I wonder what Whoopie Goldberg tastes like....err...looks like to him.
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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It's kind of like this:
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
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So what if he goes down on someone, will he see it?
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pineapple
Joined: Nov 11 2009
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He'll see roast beef flaps.
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Hacker
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| So what if he goes down on someone, will he see it? |
 That's a very good question
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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Um... the device is likely easily removable, like a retainer, and he probably takes it out to eat.
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Alowishus
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| Blackout wrote: |
| So what if he goes down on someone, will he see it? |
I was thinking there.. "What a groundbreaking piece of technology". Then i read this haha.
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SoldierHawk
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Incredible. Good for him.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| Um... the device is likely easily removable, like a retainer, and he probably takes it out to eat. |
Well way to ruin our fun with your logic.
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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Read the title, and immediately thought about a news story I saw blind bicyclists who would click their tongues, and use it as echolocation (similar to bats). That was pretty bad-ass, and furthers my belief that humans evolved from bats.
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So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind. |
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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| Greg the White wrote: |
| Read the title, and immediately thought about a news story I saw blind bicyclists who would click their tongues, and use it as echolocation (similar to bats). That was pretty bad-ass, and furthers my belief that humans evolved from bats. |
i remember reading about that. it reminded me of dolphins instead of bats, but same idea
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