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Scientists successfully reconstruct mind's eye for first time as video output

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researchok10/03/2011 8:31:39 pm PDT

re: #3 CuriousLurker

re: #2 UNIXon

okay, but is anyone going to tell me what it means?

The video is cool, but I don’t get the significance. O_o

Think of it this way: You describe a room/item/ anything tactile to a blind person. Their ‘minds eye’ sees, interprets and thus can recognize their surroundings.

Or, suppose a tactile object emits a certain sound, thus describing an obstacle. A vison impaired person wears a hearing aid to hear these sounds.

Or, it might allow for the sighted to ‘see’ what the vision impaired person sees, interprets, etc. Think of the art creating implications might be.

The potential is huge, even for sighted persons.

This is just the beginning.