The brainport actually hit the somewhat mainstream geek news on slashdot.org a week or so ago:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/2035256/BrainPort-Lets-the-Blind-See-With-Their-Tongues CB Chris Hofstader wrote: > Hi, > > I got to try one of the lollipop devices a number of years back when > it was purely a research toy. With a little practice, I could "see" a > Coke can on a table, roll a ball back and forth across a table and > find door frames while walking down a hall. > > To those of us who had great vision in the past, it didn't meet our > expectations based on our youth but, compared to the nothingness that > RP has brought me, it was all beautiful. I remember the electric > tingling being noticeable but, after a little while, not bad enough to > cause any discomfort. It sounds like this new device lowers the > amperage even further which, if it works as well as the research one I > tried years back, it will be an enormous step forward. > > cdh > On Sep 1, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > >> I believe that the current would be so minute as to not have any long >> term consequence to the nerve endings. When you consider energy in >> it's many forms, heat is one. And the nerves are being stimulated >> through the epidermic coat. Furthermore, they are currently getting >> approval from the fcc about this synthetic vusion device called >> brainport, which is a dime piece sized lolly one places on the tongue >> to induce stimulation coming from what a digital camera sees. In >> comparison, the tongue's nerve endings are infinately more sensitive >> than those of the fingers. The sensations evoked by the test subjects >> *this project has been going on for quite some time now, thus the >> confidence of submitting the device for approval from the inventors* >> is like champagne bubbles on the tongue. >> >> I think we're talking milli ampers here, not quite the tickles we can >> get from touching static lectricity. >> >> But this is only my opinion, though educated from researching >> available papers on google scholar and such pertinent articles. >> >> best >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
