Tasting the light.

• Autores: Mandy Kendrick
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 301, Nº. 4, 2009, págs. 22-24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses technology by the U.S. company Wicab that lets blind people see by using their tongues. The focus of the article is a device called BrainPort, which is a sunglasses-mounted camera which sends data to a handheld unit. The unit converts light into electrical signals that the tongue can detect. Topics include how BrainPort allows blind people to interpret spatial information minutes after using the device and criteria for monitoring the progress of artificial sight.