Brainport Vision Device helps a blind man "see"

[incogneterpeter]

they need to make it so its like glasses so they are like those spy glasses with a mini camera and it can do that pattern thin near the ears or something so they dont have to carry around that contraption all the time and stick the thing on his tounge

[malonemalo]

But will it blend?

[LavanF1restorm]

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?

[jjovereats]

What about diagnosing why he's blind and apply this system OR the Bates method appropriately.

[tusaddaq]

at time like this you really think how lucky you are

[lishakara]

Wow. Amazing.

It's crazy to think that we've come this far-- In years to come, I am sure that this technology will be developed to the point where it becomes highly accessible and easy to use. It's a real gift. Wouldn't it be amazing for a blind person to be able to appreciate the visual arts? That's what I think would be the greatest achievement.

[ProgressiveRick]

Wow!



[mrcool450]

I think this is great :) no person deserves not being able to see

[TheRoyalcrime]

Try to make this god

[TheRoyalcrime]

This gives me allot of emotions, ofcourse i can cry tears of hapiness for this man but also i think this is hardcore.

This man sees everything with pixels and that makes him the coolest dad you can ever have :P

[zdn1]

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.

[bubbanole91]

Man I would rather die than be blind. so i can only imagine the hell they go threw. this is wonderfull news

[rof101mao]

Inspirational



[egocenter]

It's all wonderful, but does anybody know when will it be available on the market? Since years there is this urban legend, but if it's still working, then why is that big silence in the last 2 years? Why cannot be BrainPort bought?  I contacted last year the competent developers in Wicab Inc and the labours in NY, Wisc. and Pens. Nobody knows about its promised relase. (originaly for 2010-11) Hope it's not fake.... :(((

[animalcrosser591]

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?

[cyctechproductions]

looks like were not so far from the technology after all.

[IvanArantes2]

who are those 3 people who disliked this video? :o what they have on mind? :S

[LFCEVO24]

@IvanArantes2 Probably 3 blind people who have been told they cant have one

[KittenSence]

This is just amazing. Hopefully people relize someday what technology has really done for us.

[shallowmic]

WOW!!!! This is just amazing. Kudos to the inventors!

[RemoteControl99aJJI]

Where to buy one of these please I need it for a very poor girl in Iraq she's blind since she was 9?

[egocenter]

@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.....

[phoenixasteroid79]

Best!!! Everyone should know about this.Sight is most precious sense we have.I hope it will help to many people.

[P1kas0]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!

[DaSkinnyApe]

Awsome! if only scientific investments didn't all go to military purposes...

[rosscol601]

science is the chebs.

[AnimeAspieFanatic]

This machine is a MIRACLE!

[AlexAKAlfie]

@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.

[AnimeAspieFanatic]

@AlexAKAlfie Well said :) but still a wonderful thing to me

[machinmanidol2]

singularity is coming, >>H rules !! ^^

[meepmopp]

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

[cooper413]

fantastic

[Wildx0]

Amazing. How accessible is this invention to people that are blind?

[hishou88]

Wow, I am just happy from inside ! : )

[Sci87Fi]

very good work!

[VOKER101]

why dont they give stevie wonder this

[foggel88]

What happens if I person with a normal vision uses it? Does the brain explode? I think the brain explodes.

[gryzorx]

They funnel visual data by way of a camera instead of the retina, and funnel it to the brain through the tongue acting as an optical nerve, if i get it. That implies that they're now able to recreate a whole part of the existing array of nervous impulses interpretable by the brain. I wonder if the patient had to go through a major brain surgery beforehand, since a physical reconnection of his tongue's sensory endings to dedicated parts of the brain and/or the optical nerve is mandatory i guess.

[473NG3R]

@gryzorx As I understand it you feel the electrical pulses on your tongue in a grid pattern.  It is like an image made of electrical braille. It takes time to adjust to this method of seeing but the brain will adapt given enough time and the user will eventually automatically form a visual image in their mind. It isn't a neurological interface in the way you are thinking.

[gryzorx]

@473NG3R Hey yeah thanks for the clarification. After a few hours documenting myself i found that i was indeed in error, the adaptive characteristics of the brain take care of the whole "rerouting effect" i once thought was only made possible by physical rewiring of some sort. That's why the method works for blindfolded people with working eyes too over time :) Just like our brain can compensate a dead hemisphere by taking all the treatments to the remaining one, it can "see through the tongue"!

[Hedgehogstudioss]

I love science now. I can't see well at all and I gotta say I WOULD KILL FOR THAT...I want it... No... I need it

[beingnonsensory]

@Hedgehogstudioss

have a look for a device called The vOICe developed by Peter Meijer. It uses similar principles to the Brainport but utilises audition rather than touch as the substituting sensory pathway. The software algorithm is free and the only hardware you will need is a webcam, headphones and laptop (or smartphone) to run the software on.

[TheInvisiblePanda]

Science!

[kjCooliO]

I was looking for this video ever since! It looked very interesting.

[saludtotal]

incredible!!!!!

[Recce80]

WOW !!!! <3

[chrisdelvalleisgreat]

Amazing

[ecodina22]

si entendes español te cuento que ninguna tecnologia puede cambiar el espiritu del ser humano. La tecnologia se puede complementar pero no puede eliminar la reiligion.

[CozyFilms]

awesome!!

[itanium86]

holy fucking crap!!! This is freaking AWESOME! He's seeing something quite clear thru the device!!!

[tiboost8]

WoW!

And this is just the beginning...

[tiboost8]

WOW

And this is just the beginning...

[TheSunris3]

Hell ye its sooo AWESOME

for the love of my grandpa he always wished to see again :(

[raghavendram]

Whoa!

[TheRemad77]

This is amazing! This is why I respect techonology!

[indalecio21]

the wonder of human achievements!

[beatknik]

most inspiring innovation I've seen in a long time!

[hssn124815030]

awesome really

WOW

[hiddew92]

it really is amazing!

never thought that the images would be so clear!

awesome!!

[nebel25]

truely amazing!

[carolyli]

amazing... i never thought it would be SO good.

[78illumiNOTi]

just wonderful-bravo-i salute the inventors of this-THANK-YOU-many in this world need this device.fantastic!!

[KingIguanza]

There goes one less thing I have to worry about...

Becoming Blind . .

This is Awesome

[priyac26]

amazzzin.... !!!

[WuRscHtBr0T]

stunning.

[watchensee]

Amazing!!! {:o

[pashakun]

made my day ... brighter

[stephengotlost]

This is so touching.

Technology does improve lives.

[newyork1222]

good for him

[araltaca]

yo quiero eso para mi papá!!

rapidooo

[mommasboy34]

some day maybe it will be color and in much simpiler version so it is like seeing almost like we are now.

[catalan30]

thats what technology its meant to be!

[brilliantfranz]

I'm fcking speechless right now

[farshadguitar]

best invention ever !!!!!!

[mephisto0708]

Excelente de verdad!!

[TheToastPeople]

thats amazing

[sethgheko]

Hi, I want to thank you for loading up this video.

Needless to say I have poor sight, and my left eye is non-functional, due to a VI which damaged the retina.

Thanks, Seth

[AsunaNegiKota]

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.

[sangolt88]

Amazing. Imagen what this technology will be like in 25 years from now. I bet we can make people see through their tows ^^ Its revolutionary technology.

[l0lidude]

But if the make this, in the future they should be able to make advices so advanced that you blind people can see like normal people?

[frater0]

So can they create an oposite brain port? To see what we are seeing on a screen what our brain is seeing.. would be wierd.

[smackcheeks]

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

[uglbolly]

....i think that its not only possible, but i think that they may have already done it and aren't telling us about it. Just think of the ethical implications of reading someones thoughts

[headysauce]

i got goosebumps. this is beautiful

[BetoWater]

Nothing in tecnology/science is calling my attention more than this. Neuroscience x tecnology. I think I really wanna join in this area and start my own researches. BTW, he's such a cute man... :3

[lawrencesmallman]

This is inspiring ... well done to the development team on this project. I'm sure it's just going to get better too.

[mikroos]

Gosh, pictures of Erik climbing a wall are just unbelievable. Good luck with developing this device!

[dasuxullebt]

Amazing. Hope this will soon help blind people.

[fusioniki]

WOW! That *is* amazing!

[gpasoyf]

Someone readed YKK its almost the same as alpha's camera!!

[chiurox]

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...)

[bytegrove]

Incredible!

[insupire100]

wow, amazing!

[CexsnVida]

This is beautiful :'D

[xdarkiller]

amazing

[iiquikjaeii]

Cant wait for this. This technology is definitely a must. Stevie Wonder would love it

[cybero1]

Unbelievable !!!

[richardbirch2007]

Amazing