Brainport Vision Device

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touchthetop

15 жыл бұрын

Watch as Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to climb Everest and the Seven Summits, experiments with the Brainport Vision Device, a revolutionary new technology enabling a blind person to see with his tongue. Mounted on Erik's head is a small video camera which translates visual information to a credit card-size tongue display. Four-hundred tiny pixels present electrical patterns on his tongue, which Erik's brain then interprets as a visual picture in three-dimensional space. He uses the device to read words and numbers on note cards, to play tic-tac-toe and stone-paper-scissors with his daughter, and to rock climb. To learn more about Erik, go to www.TouchTheTop.com.

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@Lydaw
@Lydaw 12 жыл бұрын
This... This is... This is awesome. I can't tell it in a different way, this is just amazing. My great-grandfather became blind due to some eye disease, when he finally got operated after years and was then able to see, he started to cry out of happiness. People take things like walking, loving, seeing, hearing, etc. for granted, which is a pity. I LOVE SEEING...
@Neotenico
@Neotenico 10 жыл бұрын
Little girl taking of her father's blindness to win tic-tac-toe. That's cute. Psychotic, but cute.
@alexaonther0x
@alexaonther0x 7 жыл бұрын
NeoTenic sorry I know this comment is old but it really made me 😂
@TheLmori3
@TheLmori3 9 жыл бұрын
Amazing. I love his relationship with his daughter. :)
@blueskyz8097
@blueskyz8097 6 жыл бұрын
themori3 LOL TO BAD SHE'S A CHEATER LOL at TIC TAC TOE
@wubwub7546
@wubwub7546 7 жыл бұрын
I don't get how this doesn't have more views, this is insane
@JeremyVTS
@JeremyVTS 4 ай бұрын
I get emotional whenever I watch this. Being able to play games with his daughter……..my god. So precious.
@PivotMasterD2
@PivotMasterD2 9 жыл бұрын
holy shit this is amazing
@MissQ2191
@MissQ2191 12 жыл бұрын
This is so awesome to see! I have an almost 10 month old blind baby boy. It would be amazing if this could be him someday. By the time he is in his 20's who knows.
@joecoyle9832
@joecoyle9832 12 жыл бұрын
I think this is incredible for a father to be able to play with his daughter after being blind all her life, I tip my hat to you sir. good luck
@stephengotlost
@stephengotlost 14 жыл бұрын
This is so touching. Technology does improve lives.
@nikolaivii5766
@nikolaivii5766 10 жыл бұрын
He may not have been blind all his life. This way, he would know numbers, shapes, colours, etc
@dasuxullebt
@dasuxullebt 15 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Hope this will soon help blind people.
@chioca
@chioca 15 жыл бұрын
Amazing! (What makes me sad though is that a wonderful video like this gets only a little over 6k views while a useless pop music video gets millions...)
@surajshrestha7679
@surajshrestha7679 5 жыл бұрын
Hey i just read your book. You are an inspiration to many.
@KingIguanza
@KingIguanza 14 жыл бұрын
There goes one less thing I have to worry about... Becoming Blind . . This is Awesome
@user-ml6jc5rd6w
@user-ml6jc5rd6w 3 жыл бұрын
Хорошая работа Олег
@KDJProductions
@KDJProductions 14 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this video ever since! It looked very interesting.
@phoenixasteroid79
@phoenixasteroid79 13 жыл бұрын
Best!!! Everyone should know about this.Sight is most precious sense we have.I hope it will help to many people.
@ItaloLoureiro
@ItaloLoureiro 14 жыл бұрын
holy fucking crap!!! This is freaking AWESOME! He's seeing something quite clear thru the device!!!
@Under_9k
@Under_9k 15 жыл бұрын
Cant wait for this. This technology is definitely a must. Stevie Wonder would love it
@EndohMiharu
@EndohMiharu 7 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely amazing! It would be even better if it worked on the arm or even the head as that would be a more convenient spot. I understand that the tongue is probably more sensitive, but it would be amazing if we could someday advance this technology to that point. EDIT: Just realized how old this video is. There must be better technology available by now.
@dawnqwerty
@dawnqwerty 7 жыл бұрын
EndohMiharu maybe the penis
@steamcleana_6918
@steamcleana_6918 7 жыл бұрын
EndohMiharu that would be called touch
@EndohMiharu
@EndohMiharu 7 жыл бұрын
Joseph Bowman, but if you watch the video...touch doesn't allow you to feel written words and numbers or drawings...
@steamcleana_6918
@steamcleana_6918 7 жыл бұрын
EndohMiharu True. Don't think it would work as well elsewhere, function over convenience also
@EndohMiharu
@EndohMiharu 7 жыл бұрын
Joseph Bowman, Yeah I guess the tongue is extra sensitive compared to other parts...
@supRsid
@supRsid 10 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! Wow
@TheRemad77
@TheRemad77 14 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! This is why I respect techonology!
@mantaray116
@mantaray116 12 жыл бұрын
The implications of this are so amazing, imagine super soldiers that can see infrared with their tongues! There will be so many new inventions based on the nervous system's ability to adapt.
@P1kas0
@P1kas0 13 жыл бұрын
THIS IS AWESOME!!!
@bytegrove
@bytegrove 15 жыл бұрын
Incredible!
@Rikuarf3
@Rikuarf3 7 жыл бұрын
Wow...so amazing
@xXChevyNinjaXx
@xXChevyNinjaXx 11 жыл бұрын
it would be like having an overlay filter, probably angled differently so you would have pretty messed up vision, because when you're looking at something your eyes adjust their angle to meet with each other, like how you can see the right side of your nose on the left side of your vision, a camera would have a fixed position, it would be hard to explain, and would most likely give you a major headache
@hanss5384
@hanss5384 11 жыл бұрын
This is awesome.
@FarrelClement
@FarrelClement 15 жыл бұрын
I've read about this stuff; the human brain can adapt to many new senses. A group used belts and vibrators to have a constant 6th sense of where North was, and they adapted well.
@misstranle
@misstranle 11 жыл бұрын
Wow! That is so awesome!
@dorbabil
@dorbabil 11 жыл бұрын
I know this is an old post, but I remember reading about military uses for this where a non-visible light camera would be used instead (like infrared) to augment normal vision. I don't know if that ever went anywhere or not.
@CozyFilms
@CozyFilms 14 жыл бұрын
awesome!!
@CesarPulido90
@CesarPulido90 15 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful :'D
@cobrazax
@cobrazax 11 жыл бұрын
i think it makes his tongue feel how things look...im sure it takes a lot of practice to analyze the feeling and interpret it as vision...but its a great thing for a blind person
@femmefatale8643
@femmefatale8643 10 жыл бұрын
Mind-blowing!
@fusioniki
@fusioniki 15 жыл бұрын
WOW! That *is* amazing!
@nebel25
@nebel25 14 жыл бұрын
truely amazing!
@bmmk88
@bmmk88 12 жыл бұрын
Not all nerves serve the same purpose! Each nerve has a unique function and can be only be stimulated by different external or internal stimuli! In general you have 12 nerves responsible for almost everything that controls senses and movements in your facial part of the body, and they're not all the same.
@KickAssPsychoChick
@KickAssPsychoChick 11 жыл бұрын
That's so cool! I hope it succeeds, so if blind people wish they can see, their family can tell them about this. And, even tho people are blind, they know everything we do. If he wasn't born blind, he already knows what 31 looks like.
@p3ps1FTW
@p3ps1FTW 11 жыл бұрын
This is amazing what we take for granted every day he gets a thrill from doing seeing its pretty cool
@tiboost8
@tiboost8 14 жыл бұрын
WoW! And this is just the beginning...
@zdn1
@zdn1 13 жыл бұрын
I love how annoyed his daughter looks when she sees he beat her at rock paper scissors. And then she cheats at tic-tac-toe, lol.
@Delitto2
@Delitto2 11 жыл бұрын
Wow ! it's amazing ...
@WuRscHtBr0T
@WuRscHtBr0T 14 жыл бұрын
stunning.
@Wildx0
@Wildx0 13 жыл бұрын
Amazing. How accessible is this invention to people that are blind?
@corinnemunt6143
@corinnemunt6143 11 жыл бұрын
As I understand it, he gets impulses (electric current) sent to his brains through the plate that makes contact with his tongue and then through his nervous system it goes to his brain and he can actually 'see' something. If you think about it, seeing is just sensors (our eyes) sensing light and sending electric current to our brain that interprets it to what we call 'vision' or 'sight' they're basicly doing the same here, but they replace the eyes with a camera.
@jjovereats
@jjovereats 12 жыл бұрын
What about diagnosing why he's blind and apply this system OR the Bates method appropriately.
@cooper413
@cooper413 13 жыл бұрын
fantastic
@tranceotaku
@tranceotaku 11 жыл бұрын
That is so cool! Good jorb science!
@indalecio21
@indalecio21 14 жыл бұрын
the wonder of human achievements!
@Willhell2000i
@Willhell2000i 11 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Does it work for people that can se too? So I can "see" with my eyes closed?
@Eman-wj8gq
@Eman-wj8gq 2 жыл бұрын
That's so cool.
@LavanF1restorm
@LavanF1restorm 12 жыл бұрын
Sooooo... If you can use the nerves in the tongue as a passage for visual information to the brain then why can't you use those nerves to send audible information to the brain as well?
@SturrStruck
@SturrStruck 11 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. This is absolutely, incredibly awesome. I mean, the playing tic-tac-toe was a little cheesy, but the whole thing is just awesome! The technology coming this far. It's so cool that he's able to do this-able to rock climb!
@luckygozer
@luckygozer 11 жыл бұрын
the birth of those scientists is a MIRACLE! hmm....
@beforker
@beforker 11 жыл бұрын
A quote from his site: "Despite losing his vision at the age of 13, Erik Weihenmayer has become one of the most celebrated and accomplished adventurers in the world.". - He new what numbers look like before he got blind.
@rof101mao
@rof101mao 13 жыл бұрын
Inspirational
@animalcrosser591
@animalcrosser591 13 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic. Not only great for bringing sight to the blind, but technology like this could bring about virtual reality. I wonder if it would cause some sort of interference if a seeing person used it?
@The_Neji_
@The_Neji_ Жыл бұрын
hey you are time travel? :D vr
@richardbirch2007
@richardbirch2007 15 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@sejicashfear9361
@sejicashfear9361 12 жыл бұрын
How can we contact the inventor, and where are they located? my friend is blind he has never seen light in his life.... please help guys
@Dweebix
@Dweebix 11 жыл бұрын
Next thing you know, we will have blind people flying planes.
@juancarlos-qg7wg
@juancarlos-qg7wg 9 жыл бұрын
No comprendo por que todavía no lo aprueban
@meepmopp
@meepmopp 13 жыл бұрын
it's interesting, but something i don't think that i personally would go down this road, mainly cuz i'm so used to the vision loss and wouldn't knwo what to do with all kinds of information being fed to me
@neweins8864
@neweins8864 4 жыл бұрын
I hope they could bring down cost of this device, to help blind people see amazing world.
@susank9120
@susank9120 9 ай бұрын
beyond the technology
@UbstandardSwagg
@UbstandardSwagg 11 жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@Jerkwad152
@Jerkwad152 12 жыл бұрын
Seems like wiring up real eyes would be more difficult. All those tiny nerve fibers are much harder to attach than fiberoptic cable.
@WPPatriot
@WPPatriot 11 жыл бұрын
The trick is in getting the right impulses to the right parts of the brain. If it was was that easy to figure out and actually put into practice, then yes, blindness in and of itself could be 'cured'. Of course, it would still be possible to be technically blind because of things like brain damage, making you unable to process images at all, but I guess then the blindness would be the least of your problems.
@hssn124815030
@hssn124815030 14 жыл бұрын
awesome really WOW
@TheToastPeople
@TheToastPeople 15 жыл бұрын
thats amazing
@AlexAKAlfie
@AlexAKAlfie 13 жыл бұрын
@AnimeAspieFanatic Its not a miracle. It's a fantastic piece of technology, made by years of hard work and experimentation. Its not a miracle, it's a tribute to peoples intelligence and willingness to help others.
@attack125
@attack125 11 жыл бұрын
but since the eye if giving electrical umpulses tot the brain can't we just develop a camera that does the same making them actually see
@4etertraveltradetourism230
@4etertraveltradetourism230 5 жыл бұрын
he is super good
@bcast9978
@bcast9978 5 жыл бұрын
He is going to have more info to utilize during his dreams.
@brilliantfranz
@brilliantfranz 15 жыл бұрын
I'm fcking speechless right now
@ikpakje4
@ikpakje4 11 жыл бұрын
Place the camera on your back and you can look backwards lol
@brainiax2602
@brainiax2602 7 жыл бұрын
ikpakje4 doesn't work like that :P
@chowchow4642
@chowchow4642 6 жыл бұрын
You even can see 360 degrees
@eyescreamcake
@eyescreamcake 4 жыл бұрын
Is he lead climbing??
@mommasboy34
@mommasboy34 15 жыл бұрын
some day maybe it will be color and in much simpiler version so it is like seeing almost like we are now.
@raghavendramardi2642
@raghavendramardi2642 14 жыл бұрын
Whoa!
@14022donna
@14022donna 11 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@catalan30
@catalan30 15 жыл бұрын
thats what technology its meant to be!
@T8J2124
@T8J2124 11 жыл бұрын
his eyes would explode!!!!
@ThriceTh3Airsoft
@ThriceTh3Airsoft 11 жыл бұрын
I think they meant it does miracles for people....
@xZOGAx
@xZOGAx 12 жыл бұрын
Now what would happen if a normal vision person used this as well as using there own eyes at the same time.....
@smackcheeks
@smackcheeks 15 жыл бұрын
I am thinking that you don't think in pictures, well not often anyway, unless you are picturing something I guess, but mostly thoughts are not pictures...there - I just proved it to myself thinking about what I am writing here and I didn't generate any pictures at all. It's sort of like I was/am thinking from an array of data that is constantly being created and there is so much of it that a screen displaying my thoughts would contain something like white noise....I guess
@Maxjeee11
@Maxjeee11 11 жыл бұрын
So he just 'feels' the area with his tongue? Or is there an actual image created
@brainiax2602
@brainiax2602 7 жыл бұрын
Maxjeee11 no he sees the image in his brain
@NHLroyrocks
@NHLroyrocks 10 жыл бұрын
Let me get this straight... Is what this device does is the equivalent of if someone were to trace 31 on his youngest with their finger? So basically the brain isn't "seeing" anything it's just interpreting the shape of a physical "touch"? Is that right?
@SezzesStuff
@SezzesStuff 7 жыл бұрын
I'm answering this to you 3 years later.. but anyways.. It should turn into ACTUAL vision, not just a sense of touch, because the brain learns after a while that the signal is actually sight so the tongue signals get sent into the vision part of the brain.
@laszlovari
@laszlovari 13 жыл бұрын
@RemoteControl99aJJI I also tried to buy it for my wife and contacted any possible person related this project but there was only a promise about its relase in 2010, or 2011. If Wicab was right, everything depends on FDA. I think they are trying to block its relase because of some medicine lobby... I hope I'm not right.....
@matonator
@matonator 11 жыл бұрын
It is something like dividing by zero...
@TheInvisiblePanda
@TheInvisiblePanda 14 жыл бұрын
Science!
@orelp23
@orelp23 12 жыл бұрын
o my god, i want a device like this. but i have a rare kind of blindness, so i don't know, if i ever will see. i borned with rare disability in my eyes called "mikroftalmia two sides" so, that disease makes my eyeballs smaller than the normal, and kept my eyes like a baby's eyes, little and undeveloped. i wish, i will see one day.
@valadynx123
@valadynx123 12 жыл бұрын
Wow! Really really good news. My only question right now is when the patient closes their eyes and fall asleep then they dream, does this device also can see and record the patient's dreams? Just curious.........
@brainiax2602
@brainiax2602 7 жыл бұрын
CloserToReality SciFi not how it works...
@jmextraordinary
@jmextraordinary 11 жыл бұрын
@Rafael0o93 Because you can't feel colors with your tongue.
@danfelbm
@danfelbm 11 жыл бұрын
can a born-blind person use this?
@misstranle
@misstranle 11 жыл бұрын
I have a rock wall at my university's gym but I don't have the guts to do it o_o
@dannydan4584
@dannydan4584 14 жыл бұрын
why dont they give stevie wonder this
@watchensee
@watchensee 14 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!! {:o
@greitfrut
@greitfrut Жыл бұрын
👍
@itsOKtoSMILExD
@itsOKtoSMILExD 12 жыл бұрын
I can see perfectly but I still don't have the balls to rockclimb...
@Arnechk
@Arnechk 11 жыл бұрын
God couldnt give him sight... science did.
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