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<\/p>\nA new device might soon be available which allows blind people to \u2018see\u2019 using their tongue.<\/p>\n
Having just been approved by the FDA (the\u00a0Food and Drug Administration) in the United Kingdom, the\u00a0BrainPort V100\u00a0could soon be on the shelves.<\/p>\n
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How does it work?<\/p>\n
The BrainPort V100, developed by Wisconsin-based Wicab, uses a camera to grab the visual data, which is then translated into electrical stimuli.<\/p>\n
This is fed to the blind person by a 400-electrode sensor array which is placed on their tongue.<\/p>\n
The idea is to create a \u2018feel-based\u2019 image which allows blind people to visualize objects around them.s<\/p>\n It\u2019s tricky to explain, and even using it takes some practice to use, however 69 per cent of subjects who tested the device in trials said it enabled them to gain some sort of visual semblance about the physical world around them.<\/p>\n Robert Beckman, chief executive officer of Wicab Inc, said: \u2018People are able to learn to interpret these patterns of bubbles or stimulation on their tongue to know what object is in front of them.<\/p>\n \u2018We don\u2019t want to create false hopes, they need to learn the technology and practice with it. It\u2019s more akin to learning a new language than it is to ordinary perception.\u2019<\/p>\n The device is expected to cost about $10,000 (\u00a36,300) when it becomes commercially available.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: Metro UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new device might soon be available which allows blind people to \u2018see\u2019 using their tongue. Having just been approved by the FDA (the\u00a0Food and Drug Administration) in the United Kingdom, the\u00a0BrainPort V100\u00a0could soon be on the shelves. How does it work? The BrainPort V100, developed by Wisconsin-based Wicab, uses a camera to grab the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":126884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-126882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-akwasi-osei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/126884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"New](\"https:\/\/metrouk2.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/brani-port.jpg\")