Tasting the Light: Device Lets Blind "See" with Their Tongues
Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 09:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Neuroscientist Paul Bach-y-Rita hypothesized in the 1960s that "we see with our brains not our eyes." Now, a new device trades on that thinking and aims to partially restore the experience of vision for the blind and visually impaired by relying on the nerves on the tongue's surface to send light signals to the brain. [More]