Sensory Substitution: How to See With Your Tongue

The human brain does the most impressive feat of data analysis imaginable, but what if a connection fails, and a sense is weakened or lost? That’s where sensory substitution comes in...

New technology is well on its way to helping blind people to see… using their tongues! And that’s not all. In time, it might help us to develop sensory superpowers such as the ability to see UV light or detect the Earth’s magnetic field.

Find out more about sensory substitution and the exciting potential of devices like the BrainPort, Neosensory’s Buzz and WearWorks’ Wayband in this explainer video from iluli by Mike Lamb – explaining the ideas and innovations changing our lives.

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*Sources and Further Reading:*

• _David Eagleman - Sensory Substitution:_ https://eagleman.com/science/sensory-substitution/
• _David Eagleman - Livewired:_ https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Livewired/3hqbngEACAAJ?hl=en
• _Paul Bach-y-Rita and Neuroplasticity:_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s1VAVcM8s8
• _Brainport Vision Pro:_ https://www.wicab.com/brainport-vision-pro
• _The New Yorker - Seeing with Your Tongue:_ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/15/seeing-with-your-tongue
• _WearWorks:_ https://www.wear.works/
• _The vOICe:_ https://www.seeingwithsound.com/
• _Ed Yong - An Immense World (on extraordinary animal senses):_ https://edyong.me/an-immense-world

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0:00 Introduction
0:40 When senses fail
1:06 Seeing with tongues
1:36 Neuroplasticity: The brain rewires itself
2:24 Sensory substitution devices
3:27 Technologically developed superpowers
4:45 Conclusion

Видео Sensory Substitution: How to See With Your Tongue канала iluli by Mike Lamb