Creating the sixth sense
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Claims that the brain is a generalized processor and will interpret any consistent signal feed. Built a wearable vest of vibratory motors driven by a tablet that converts live audio into spatiotemporal vibration patterns. A profoundly deaf participant learns to map words after four days of training (2 hours/day) and shows perceptual-level understanding. Experiments stream live stock-market ticks into the vest for rapid buy/sell choices and feed nine data streams to pilot a quadcopter, with measurable improvement in control. Sensory substitution works and sensory addition scales.
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- 0:00Human perception limits
- 3:53Expanding senses with tech
- 6:43Sensory substitution examples
- 8:50Deaf participants experiment
- 11:28Sensory addition and new sensations
- 13:36Future of human experience
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