Helping the Blind See With Their Tongues

“Technology, for me, it’s giving something back to somebody who was taken out of humanity.” – Andy Fabino

What if we told you there are new innovations that can help about 285 million people around the world living with a visual impairment move around with a little more ease? 

Okay, it’s easy enough to believe, but what if we told you the innovation works by using the surface of their tongues?

You may be wondering how this is possible with tongue, I guess you be imagining if this is done by putting your tongue out, "capital NO"

The video down this page shows and better explains how the device work "wearing a kind of virtual smart glass and then insert a kind of sensor on the tongue"

I was so touched watching the story of Andy Fabino who has been assaulted by some group of people and since then been completely blind and it 5 years now, Andy first priority is family he cherished them so much but all this were taken away in just in a blink of an eye, this was a great challenge when the doctor said you are never gonna be able to see anymore Andy. you are never gonna be able to see your wife, child and your dog, its unfair" he said.  But let say a special thanks to technology advancement by BrainPort® V100  Andy can now see his family and he even witnessed a birthday for the first time in 5 years. “Technology, for me, it’s giving something back to somebody who was taken out of humanity.”–Andy Fabino

Source: Pixabay

Now here’s something that should be celebrated: there’s an increasing number of sensory-substitution devices being developed that use the brain in the most remarkable way. These devices take in visual information from the environment and translate it into forms of physical touch or sound in order to be interpreted by the user as vision.

If that’s not amazing enough, The New Yorker lets us in on yet another benefit:

“While these devices were designed with the goal of restoring lost sensation, in the past decade they have begun to revise our understanding of brain organization and development. The idea that underlies sensory substitution is a radical one: that the brain is capable of processing perceptual information in much the same way, no matter which organ delivers it.” 

The brain is capable of so much more than we’ve ever imagined!
In a few moments, you’ll learn a bit more about just how the advanced technology of the BrainPort® V100 is helping the blind see with their tongues, and feel what kind of impact these innovations can have on someone’s quality of life. Huge thanks to the talented director, Paul Hairston, of Acres for capturing the story of Andy Fabino, and sharing it with us.

Via: Paul Hairston ³ and Acres ⁴

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CREDIT: This Article was originally Written by Samantha Burns from https://everwideningcircles.com
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