Breakthroughs help artists 'listen' to colors

A color-blind painter declared, he can now "hear" colors after implanting an "artificial eye" antenna ("eyeborg") inside the skull.

Neil Harbisson, 31, in London, was suffering from congenital color blindness, making him only able to see the world in black and white. Harbisson has been wearing an intelligent electronic eye for the past 10 years, helping to capture color frequencies through a camera and turning them into sound vibrations for him to "listen " to them.

Part of the "artificial eye" antenna that is implanted inside the skull makes the color-blind artist Harbisson able to "hear" more complex colors.(Photo: SWNS)

Each color has a distinct vibration, meaning different pictures, images or even faces own a distinctive sign or sound.

Harbisson convinced the surgeon to implant a "artificial eye" part into the skull so that he could feel more complex colors. The color-blind painter explained, the device consists of a camera head and a head that accepts audio data. The sound data, once worn on the outside, is now implanted into the back of the skull, allowing him to receive the image spectrum provided by the camera through bone vibration.

The new wi-fi and bluetooth components in the chip are also synonymous, Harbisson is the first in the world to experience images without actually seeing them. The device even allows him to "listen" to images from a mobile device without having to look at them.

Harbisson had an "artificial eye" antenna implanted in a series of surgeries in Barcelona from December last year to March this year. He is expected to perform the amazing results of this technology in public today.

Mariana Viada, a project spokesman, stated: "Other" eye-eye "antennas are only external, but Harbisson's antenna is implanted inside his body. with a wider and more recognizable color spectrum, the most important new feature is, he can now connect to other devices.

Harbisson is now not only able to feel the colors in front of him, but also the colors other people are watching on their phones. That means, he can also communicate "from the skull to the skull" to people who also have chip implants like me. Even so, only he has this advanced technology available. "