Blind man 'sees' objects with camera wired to brain

3 posts ยท Jan 17 2000 to Jan 19 2000

From: Nathan Pettigrew <nathanp@M...>

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:46:25 -0800

Subject: Blind man 'sees' objects with camera wired to brain

http://www.msnbc.com/news/358275.asp

Thought this might be of interest after all the cyborg talk recently.

Won't be long before I get my Zeiss multifrequency, tele/micro-scopic
replacements.:)

From: jfoster@k... (Jim 'Jiji' Foster)

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 23:29:47 -0600

Subject: Re: Blind man 'sees' objects with camera wired to brain

> At 12:46 PM 1/17/00 -0800, you wrote:

You might also check out the cover story to this month's Wired magazine. A bit
light on substance, but some interesting speculation from a researcher who's
actively adding computer interface implants to his own body.

From: DracSpy@a...

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 03:32:41 EST

Subject: Re: Blind man 'sees' objects with camera wired to brain

In a message dated 1/17/2000 12:47:10 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> nathanp@MICROSOFT.com writes:

> Thought this might be of interest after all the cyborg talk recently.

It's neat, but I don't think that they're giving the brain enough credit

about what it can do.
-Stephen