Monday, March 21, 2011

Blind people who can "See"

During the drive back to school after break I heard about some crazy things. Like this kid who uses echolocation to "see". He not only know where objects are but he could tell a car from a trashcan, he can throw pillows at people in a pillow fight and play videogames. It's pretty cool.



Another crazy thing I heard about is this research that some people are doing using the blind persons tongue to detect surroundings. It basically has a couple cameras that send little pulses to the tongue telling him where things are. Pretty insane if you ask me.

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19 comments:

  1. JayMarch 21, 2011 at 11:04 PM

    humans are amazing!

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  2. LhosreiffMarch 22, 2011 at 12:38 AM

    Pretty soon people will be able to see things by smelling them!

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  3. Electric AddictMarch 22, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    this blows me away

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  4. BlairMarch 22, 2011 at 3:03 AM

    This is insaaane,
    Keep posting :)

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  5. Guy Movie BloggerMarch 22, 2011 at 3:44 AM

    Suddenly, Robocop doesn't seem so far fetched any more!

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  6. Patti D.March 22, 2011 at 3:47 AM

    that was awesome, is it fake?

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  7. PenDRaGoNMarch 22, 2011 at 6:59 AM

    That first kid will, in some years, master kung fu and karate, be a great lawer and will be known for years to come as the DareDevil.

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  8. obiMarch 22, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    i saw this tongue vision thing about 10 years ago, good to know that the development is progressing.

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  9. MerlyyMarch 22, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    That technology is so interesting.

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  10. pizzafuckyesMarch 22, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    wow that echolocating kid is amazing, makes me wanna learn echolocation too, even though I'm not blind

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  11. PryONMarch 22, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    I can echolocate with my EYES closed.

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  12. SportsGuyBrandonMarch 22, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    "Use there tongue to detect surroundings." Just wow. I'm shocked.

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  13. OttercationMarch 22, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    Astonishing stuff. Kid may have trouble with dialogue trees in RPGs though...

    Also:

    "This is something you just might have to SEE to believe."

    Well done there, news anchor, well done.

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  14. ResCogitansMarch 22, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    that is pretty cool, and they've shown using fMRI scans that the area of the brain used by blind people when utilising other 'seeing' techniques is the same area that is used in vision.
    however impressive it is, the better news is that artificial eyes are on the way. check this out.

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  15. Joel C AnatoliMarch 22, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    Thats incredible! I wonder if you can use this tech for recreational use, like hooking it up to your tougue to get news reports from your smartphone

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  16. Big UnicornMarch 22, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    I believe it! I use a kind of echolocation to get around my house in the dark.

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    bigunicorn.blogspot.com

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  17. CandleintheDarkMarch 22, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    I have heard of this! Its mindblowing

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  18. 123March 22, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    I still can't understand how they can play videogames :P
    Being blind is just getting easier and easier over the years

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  19. CodyMarch 23, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    Amazing what we can accomplish.

    U Laugh U Lose - For your daily laughs

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