[wordup] Cyborg Foundation - Neil Harbisson

[Adam Shand]

This is a pretty interesting short movie.  I have pretty mixed feelings about machine augmentation of people, but a fascination with neural plasticity and synesthesia.

On a slightly related tangent, I just finished reading Nexus by Ramez Naam. It's possibly the most interesting and fun book I've read since Snow Crash.  Well worth your time if you like scifi.
 
Adam.

Source: https://vimeo.com/51920182

Neil Harbisson was born with achromatopsia, a rare condition that causes complete colour blindness. In 2004, Harbisson and Adam Montandon developed the eyeborg, a device that translates colours into sounds.

Harbisson has been claimed to be the first recognized cyborg in the world, as his passport photo now includes his device. In 2010, Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas created the Cyborg Foundation, an international organization to help humans become cyborgs. The foundation has also experimented with other sensory devices, including an “earborg,” which translates sound into color, and a “speedborg,” which allows people to detect movement through electronic earrings that vibrate.

Cyborg Foundation is the Grand Jury Prize Winner in the GE Focus Forward Filmmaker Competition.
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