http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/ Engadget Comments for BrainPort lets you see with your tongue, might actually make it to market http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/
But I'm just a random internet commentator, so what do I know :)]]>Aug 14th 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 24th 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/
Duh.]]>Aug 14th 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/
I would change two things about it though. First off, design the tongue-piece to be able to remain in the mouth to let the person speak instead of having to constantly remove and replace it. Secondly, I don't know if head-mounting the camera is the best thing because even though our eyes are mounted there, our eyes are moving independently. I don't know, maybe hand-mounted cameras or something... I suppose in the future it may be possible to have cameras implanted in our eyes for this. I mean, ocular implants do exist, but don't work for this particular type of blindness.]]>Aug 14th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/The installation and maintenence would probably be highly invasive.
The power supply would likely be an issue.
Would have to be waterproof.
It would probably look pretty scary, and covering it with dark sunglasses would assume a more expensive camera.
If it were a more advanced sensory restoration (something with higher resolution, for example), it might be worth the trade-off of ditching your real eyes, but some people might be more attached to them, even if they don't work. I imagine it would be in line with removing a paralized arm and replacing it with an awkward robotic stick.
]]>Aug 14th 2009 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/My only question is why the tongue? Could you potentially put something like this on your palm or somewhere else so that you could speak and 'see' at the same time?]]>Aug 14th 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/
I think you're right that they choose the tongue because it has more nerve endings or something, but with much advancement, couldn't they make implants that replace the eye and connect the current pad for the tongue to the nerve in the back of the eye. (Assuming that's how it works, and only for people who lost vision because of damage to the eyes or similar)]]>Aug 14th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 15th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/
"Stop tasting at my boobs"...
or..
(watching a porno with it)... "This is nice, oh wait, hey... get that out of my mouth dude..."...
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WAT?
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I heard an anecdote before about a researcher giving some people glasses that flip the image to the eyes, and after some time the brain recognized 'up' and inverted the image - then when they remove the glasses they feel upside down again. I would actually not be that surprised anymore if this sort of thing (attaching one sense to another) could work(and do it well).]]>Aug 14th 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/
The latest hotness is moving chips of the back of the eye and trying to interface with the optic nerve:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4411591.stm]]>Aug 14th 2009 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/
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the device is also used to help people whose Eustachian tubes are broken. Your Eustachian tubes are inside your ear and allow you to balance. If they are broken, you cannot even stand up straight, or sit straight. All you want to do is lie down, and even then you feel like your world is spinning around.

What the device does in this case, is allow you to gain a sense of balance by sending you signals about your center of gravity instead of visual stimuli. What your brain does if figure out how to find a sense of balance with using your Eustachian tubes. Eventually, your brain won't need the device anymore for balance. In other words, the device is used to aid the brain to rewire itself.

Anyways, this blurb of info is also in "brain that changes itself". Check it out. It's a pretty good read.
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You might want to also read "Overflowing Brain", has a blurb on how they took the optic nerve of a cat, and fed it into the cat's auditory cortex. The cat's eye sight was restored, but now it was using it's auditory cortex to process visual stimuli.

anyways, "Overflowing Brain" is about, mostly, the parietal lobe and working memory, attention, and IQ. Great read if you're into neuroscience like I am.
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This is a simpler way to do things that would be simpler to implement (no need to map out the phosphenes that the user's brain sees,) more usable for those that have been blind for long periods of time or from birth, safer, and probably cheaper, although with lower resolution and less convenience (because of having to have something in your mouth.)]]>Aug 14th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 24th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 14th 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/He had an acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwanoma) which is a brain tumor on your vestibular nerve and causes a lot of balance issues, so far, it hasn't helped but who knows if we've got the "sugar pill (forget the name)" one.
It looks quite strange as it hangs from your neck and stick it on your tongue.
Although, there must be different versions because this one doesnt have the bulky camera thing.]]>Aug 15th 2009 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/Aug 15th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/14/brainport-lets-you-see-with-your-tongue-might-actually-make-it/
they just need to pioneer ocular implants, jeez.

this would be fun as fack in a rave though... tingly sensations on your tongue while on E that cause you to see?!?!?! WTF IT FEELS SOOOOO GOOOOD]]>Aug 15th 2009 5:51PM