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Re: Tounge as a display point. (Was artificial vision for the blind...

Robin Hood wrote:
> --- Robin Lee Powell <>
> wrote:
>>On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 05:06:55AM -0400, Francois
>>wrote:
>>>http://www.dobelle.com/
>>It does work, but it's *very* low res.

Plus, I thought there was some danger of burning out
the parts of the brain they were connecting to, due to
the voltage they were using.

> I dare say that it
> might be possible to somehow get something meaningful
> out of some sort of tongue-based output device.

Finally the dorkiness of HMDs will be replaced with
something much more socially acceptable:
http://www.discover.com/june_03/images/tongue_3.jpg

> There are OTHER places other than your tounge that
> have lots of nerve endings, but THOSE sorts of
> peripherals might best be left to the future. :)

Is that a wearable, or are you just happy to see me?

Thanks for the article; it's really quite interesting.

Steve
-- 
http://www.stevebarr.com
100% my opinions.

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