Could you replace your eye with a camera?


How does the eye compare to a camera? How do they work, and will camera technology ever get to the point where you would want to replace your eyeball with a camera?

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Neil Harbisson: músico, artista y primer cíborg reconocido legalmente por un gobierno


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Neil Harbisson ha convertido en realidad la famosa frase final del replicante Roy Batty en Blade Runner. Porque ha visto cosas que nosotros no creeríamos. No hay evidencia de que haya sido testigo de naves que arden más allá de Orión, pero sí de que es capaz de ver colores extraterrestres. Será porque algo de replicante tiene este británico de padre irlandés y madre catalana nacido en Londres y criado en Mataró (donde ya dio muestras de su peculiar personalidad y su espíritu rebelde cuando se encadenó a un árbol para evitar que fuera talado).
Harbisson, músico y artista, es el primer hombre que ha sido reconocido legalmente como un cíborg. Sucedió cuando en 2004 consiguió que la administración británica aceptara su foto con el eyeborg, un dispositivo diseñado por él mismo y conectado a su cerebro, para renovar el pasaporte. El eyeborg consiste en un sensor y una antena que envía señales a un chip implantado en su cráneo; este chip convierte las frecuencias de luz en vibraciones para que sea capaz de escuchar los colores. Hasta que comenzó a utilizar este dispositivo Harbisson no sabía lo que era percibir el color: una extraña enfermedad congénita llamada acromatopsia limitaba su visión al blanco y negro.
Neil ha hecho de su peculiar percepción un objeto artístico y una causa de lucha. Artísticamente compone música traduciendo los colores en sonidos, o pinta cuadros realizando el camino inverso. En su faceta de activista creó la Cyborg Foundation junto a su amiga y coreógrafa Moon Ribas, una organización que defiende el derecho de los humanos a convertirse en ciborgs incorporando tecnología a nuestros cuerpos. Mientras su sueño transhumanista se convierte en realidad, Harbisson continúa experimentando con su eyeborg: gracias a la conexión vía satélite de la antena puede recibir sonidos del espacio exterior -y ver los colores que hay allá afuera- o conectarse a Internet y percibir colores de cualquier lugar del mundo. Harbisson cree que en un futuro cercano el suyo no será un caso extraño, puesto que la biología tiene limitaciones que podremos suplir con la tecnología y afirma que “todos los humanos estamos en transición de convertirnos en ciborgs”.

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This real-life cyborg has an antenna implanted into his skull


Artist Neil Harbisson was born completely color blind and sees the world in grayscale. But even though Neil cant see color doesnt mean he cant sense it. Thats because Neil Harbisson is a cyborg who can hear color.

In 2004, Neil convinced a doctor to implant into his skull an antenna that detects and transposes colors into corresponding tones — allowing him to hear color through bone conduction. He considers it a new body part.

«This is an implant, so its permanently attached,» Neil says. «Theres no way of removing it.»

As co-founder of the Cyborg Foundation and one of several known cyborgs on this planet, Neil expects humans to be more open to the idea of implanting technology into their bodies in the near future.

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¿Se puede comer canciones? Neil Harbisson en MasterChef 5 | REVIVE MASTERCHEF


Neil Harbisson, el primer cíborg del mundo con una antena implantada en la cabeza que le permite oír los colores, estuvo en MasterChef 5 para contar su experiencia con los colores y la comida ¿Se puede comer canciones? ¡Increíble!

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This Brain Implant Could Change Lives


It sounds like science fiction: a device that can reconnect a paralyzed person’s brain to his or her body. But that’s exactly what the experimental NeuroLife system does. Developed by Battelle and Ohio State University, NeuroLife uses a brain implant, an algorithm and an electrode sleeve to give paralysis patients back control of their limbs. For Ian Burkhart, NeuroLife’s first test subject, the implications could be life-changing.

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Graphics — Sylvia Yang
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Sound Mix and Design — Cadell Cook

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Medieval Fantasy Music - Night at the Medieval Inn | Folk, Celtic, Traditional


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How Earth Moves


It’s here! Science stuff, mind-blowing stuff, Vsauce stuff, oh my!!! THE CURIOSITY BOX: www.thecuriositybox.com/

Jake’s video about The Curiosity Box: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p91-GhjgeEU

Minute Physics on why December days are the longest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZMMuv0Ltyo

StandUpMaths on calendars and leap days: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkt_wmRKYNQ

Tom Scott on the Equation of Time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Qnobvx_kM

My video on what would happen if the Earth stopped spinning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0-GxoJ_Pcg

GREAT visuals showing how Earth moves around the sun: www.youtube.com/watch?v=82p-DYgGFjI

www.timeanddate.com/

George Washington’s birthday: www.archives.gov/legislative/features/washington/

real-time sub solar point location: rl.se/sub-solar-point

Lahaina noon images from the Oahu Astrophotography club: www.facebook.com/OahuAstrophotoClub

analemma: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma

great solargraph and analemma images: analemma.pl/english-version

interactive seasons and ecliptic simulator: astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/coordsmotion/eclipticsimulator.html

Nasa video of seasonal movement of Earth: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20063

Tropical year: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_year

Earth rotation specifics: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=20196

How Earth moves through the universe:

astrosociety.org/edu/publications/tnl/71/howfast.html
www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/03/04/vortex_motion_viral_video_showing_sun_s_motion_through_galaxy_is_wrong.html
space.gizmodo.com/racing-while-standing-still-1558642922/1559622011
www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1rhu7r/i_always_see_representations_of_the_solar_system

minute physics on cab: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mZQ-5-KYHw

PBS spacetime on the cosmic microwave background:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tCMd1ytvWg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcBjibuHxEk

CMB rest frame:

physics.stackexchange.com/questions/25928/is-the-cmb-rest-frame-special-where-does-it-come-from
www.reddit.com/r/AskPhysics/comments/2va4t6/does_no_absolute_reference_frame_contradict_the/

Wikipedia:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_time
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_time
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_reform
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_length_fluctuations
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_microwave_background

wikicommons images:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial#/media/File:Kew_Gardens_0502.JPG
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CathedralofLearningLawinWinter.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida#/media/File:South_Beach_20080315.jpg

To explore space, I highly recommend these:

www.shatters.net/celestia/
en.spaceengine.org/

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