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BrainPort Allows People To Reclaim Damaged Senses

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-just-freaky dept.

Karma Star writes "There is a news article on a new device called a BrainPort, which is special device that is worn like a helmet, with a strip of tape containing an array of 144 microelectrodes hanging off the headset which is placed on the tongue. The BrainPort then sends signals to the tongue which are then picked up by the brain, allowing the user to regain otherwise lost sensory input. More at the NY Times (soul stealing subscription required)."

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  2. I for one.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    welcom our new microelectrode helmet wearing overlords.....

    ooohh...

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these...

    Or the obligatory....

    In Soviet Russia, microelectrode helmets wear you!

    sorry.....couldn't resist

  3. Old? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wasn't this article in wired like 100 years ago?

  4. oh brother by n3tfury · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    :\ @ the one-liners. most of you dopes aren't even close to being funny. why you don't realize this, i don't know. peasants.

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