Comments on: Device Lets the Blind “See” with Their Tongues http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/08/device-lets-blind-tongues/ The official Derren Brown Blog Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mark http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/08/device-lets-blind-tongues/#comment-19129 Mark Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:18:11 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=5147#comment-19129 DIDN'T Read the article (yet), but the guy in the picture must be very popular with the ladies! DIDN’T Read the article (yet), but the guy in the picture must be very popular with the ladies!

]]> By: Ms G http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/08/device-lets-blind-tongues/#comment-18902 Ms G Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:26:59 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=5147#comment-18902 Too bad this might not become available to most blind people, even if they wished to have it. Lots of the latest technologies will never be available for ordinary people, with not lots of money. Take the artificial teeth .. the implants are still not available for everyone .....and there are no signs that this will change soon. And that\'s only teeth, but concerns the whole population. Not to be compared with being blind ofcourse. And the device wont work for all blind people either I guess. Certain structures have to be intact. And to others it might be an extra tool next to their ears, nose and guide dog. But that's apart from the learning process. Childeren learn still way easier. Although things maybe different for a lot of blind people than for those who can see. Too bad this might not become available to most blind people, even if they wished to have it. Lots of the latest technologies will never be available for ordinary people, with not lots of money. Take the artificial teeth .. the implants are still not available for everyone …..and there are no signs that this will change soon.
And that\’s only teeth, but concerns the whole population. Not to be compared with being blind ofcourse.
And the device wont work for all blind people either I guess. Certain structures have to be intact. And to others it might be an extra tool next to their ears, nose and guide dog. But that’s apart from the learning process. Childeren learn still way easier. Although things maybe different for a lot of blind people than for those who can see.

]]> By: Steven http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/08/device-lets-blind-tongues/#comment-18851 Steven Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:49:26 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=5147#comment-18851 As blind Psychologist who had to learn an AWFUL lot about vision science for his degree. SO I'm well aware how the visual cortex is mapped and can be remapped. I'm still saying nothanks, I'll stick with my Guide Doggy if it's all the same to these guys. :p As blind Psychologist who had to learn an AWFUL lot about vision science for his degree. SO I’m well aware how the visual cortex is mapped and can be remapped. I’m still saying nothanks, I’ll stick with my Guide Doggy if it’s all the same to these guys. :p

]]> By: Faye Prettyhead http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/08/device-lets-blind-tongues/#comment-18789 Faye Prettyhead Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:40:26 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=5147#comment-18789 WOW! If it works then it is actually amazing!! Think of all the people it could eventually help! WOW! If it works then it is actually amazing!! Think of all the people it could eventually help!

]]> By: Tash http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/08/device-lets-blind-tongues/#comment-18774 Tash Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:45:50 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=5147#comment-18774 wouldn.t it be cool if they invented sunglasses with sat nav and motion sensors in. :-) wouldn.t it be cool if they invented sunglasses with sat nav and motion sensors in. :-)

]]> By: Ali http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/08/device-lets-blind-tongues/#comment-18767 Ali Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:56:53 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=5147#comment-18767 That's actually really cool...and kind of freaky. I have to admit though, the post scared me when it said 20/200 was legal blindness because I'm way above that. Then I looked it up and it's 20/200 or worse after correction. Silly me. :) That’s actually really cool…and kind of freaky. I have to admit though, the post scared me when it said 20/200 was legal blindness because I’m way above that. Then I looked it up and it’s 20/200 or worse after correction. Silly me. :)

]]> By: cally j http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/08/device-lets-blind-tongues/#comment-18745 cally j Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:21:53 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=5147#comment-18745 part of me thinks that any progress to help people who suffer blindness is a positive thing, but a part of me wonders could they not have developed the technology for somewhere other than the tongue. its a bit impractical! i'm sure they'll work it out though and hope they do! part of me thinks that any progress to help people who suffer blindness is a positive thing, but a part of me wonders could they not have developed the technology for somewhere other than the tongue. its a bit impractical! i’m sure they’ll work it out though and hope they do!

]]> By: Angelos http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/08/device-lets-blind-tongues/#comment-18744 Angelos Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:15:38 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=5147#comment-18744 wow no comments on a post? no people confused? no codes, nothing? I think people are getting tired :p BTW, is that Fiddo in the picture the footballer from tricks of the mind s01e02? wow no comments on a post? no people confused? no codes, nothing? I think people are getting tired :p
BTW, is that Fiddo in the picture the footballer from tricks of the mind s01e02?

]]> By: 80s Craig http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/08/device-lets-blind-tongues/#comment-18737 80s Craig Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:52:07 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=5147#comment-18737 Absolutely, genuinely fascinating! The photo of the "lollypop" on the Scientific American site is so weird. Reminds me of a device I saw in a Jonathan Creek episode, where a man died while looking out his window. There were small holes in the floor under his bare feet, and when he stood at the window small metal pins were raised up into his feet to electrocute him. I hope this lollypop doesn't do the same thing! Absolutely, genuinely fascinating!

The photo of the “lollypop” on the Scientific American site is so weird. Reminds me of a device I saw in a Jonathan Creek episode, where a man died while looking out his window. There were small holes in the floor under his bare feet, and when he stood at the window small metal pins were raised up into his feet to electrocute him.

I hope this lollypop doesn’t do the same thing!

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