Sense-hacking

[forsythferret]

This Wired article is about very cool stuff. Methods of augmenting human senses through things like feedback belts and tongue sensors and so on. I think that sort of stuff's awesome. They talk about how the brain re-maps once it has a chance to get used to the new sense, and how it can make things noticeable humans usually can't notice. It's

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[amazingadrian]

Hey ferret, the future is now! :)

It's great you know? They keep making advancements. I suspect that If I ever do lose my hearing, there'll be sumething developmental I can fall back on.

[h371x]

I remember reading an article on BME somewhere about a guy who surgically implanted some really small neodymium rare earth magnets wrapped in silicone into the sides of his fingertips. After getting used to the subtle tugs and vibrations of the magnets, he started being able to tell the weirdest things, like whether various appliances were turned on, or whether someone in his apartment was running the microwave.

If it weren't for the fact that later, one of the silicone shells broke and the neodymium magnet ate a hole in his finger and fell out, I would be really interested in trying it myself.

- h3l!x