Eyeborg
The Eyeborg or Eye-Borg is a cybernetic device that is used to perceive colors with the help of acoustic signals. It is intended for blind people or people with color ametropia such as deuteranopia (green blindness) or achromatopsia (color blindness). A camera attached to the head converts the colors immediately in front of the wearer into sound waves that are reproduced via a loudspeaker in the wearer's ear. The frequency of the sound changes depending on the color.
The first Eyeborg device was developed in England in 2003 by Adam Montandon in collaboration with Neil Harbisson , a color-blind artist. Under the project name Bridging the Island of the Colourblind, the invention won First Prize at the University of Plymouth's Innovation Award, a prize awarded to the best British innovations, and first prize in the Content Tools & Interface Design category of Europrix Multimedia Award 2004.
Web links
- Christine Finn: " Cyborg Enables Color-Blind Artist to Hear His Palette " - in: Wired , February 24, 2008
- Richard Brooks: " Color-blind artist learns to paint by hearing " in: The Sunday Times (February 24, 2008)
- Greg Wade: " Seeing things in a different light " - BBC report (January 2005)
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- ↑ Alfredo M. Ronchi: eCulture: Cultural Content in the Digital Age. Springer (New York, 2009). p.319 ISBN 978-3-540-75273-8
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