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Blind climber sees with his tongue.

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 9:00 am
by Gob
I shit thee not!

Erik Weihenmayer went blind when he was 13 years old, but new technology enables him to see with his tongue.

The BrainPort device gives him a sense of space and, together with a friend nearby, helps him scale Utah's formidable Castleton Rock.

Re: Blind climber sees with his tongue.

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 1:55 pm
by @meric@nwom@n
That is mind blowing to the max. Wow.

Re: Blind climber sees with his tongue.

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 3:32 pm
by Crackpot
Like Totally!

Re: Blind climber sees with his tongue.

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 4:00 pm
by @meric@nwom@n
Don't you need to go wipe the pee off your aim-challenged child's head or something? :nana

Re: Blind climber sees with his tongue.

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 4:01 pm
by dales
Is this on youtoobe?

Re: Blind climber sees with his tongue.

Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 9:43 pm
by Gob
I did look for it there Dales, as I wanted to embed it here, no luck so far.

Re: Blind climber sees with his tongue.

Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 2:28 am
by loCAtek
So, this technology was taste tested?