Create superpower in people

Experts predict the supernatural capacity as in the series of X-men mutants not out of reach for modern humans.

'Seeing' things through fingers, or feeling objects with ultraviolet rays? It sounds like the content of movies is mutant, but experts say this is a prospect that can be realized in the future. This is because the sensory experiences of humans (and animals) through the senses like the nose are all treated and interpreted in a similar way on the brain, so they can be reinforced, rather So and transform to form superpowers in humans.'The brain does not care about the peripheral devices we use to enter data, such as eyes, ears, nose and mouth,' said researcher David Eagleman, neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. . Speaking in the Being Human Conference held in the United States, Eagleman predicts new peripheral devices and the brain will find ways to use them.

Abe Sapien characters in the Hellboy series can 'look' by hand - (Photo: Umdb.org.ua)

The human experience of the real world is made through 5 senses, but only allows people to hear a narrow field of sound, a tiny part of the 'visible' light spectrum , and the system. poor smell. Meanwhile, animals perceive the world very differently. For example, sound-oriented bats, cows with magnetic compasses help them feel the magnetic field, and the mole equipped with a nose contains thousands of sensory receptors, allowing them to 'feel ' the path through the dark underground tunnels.

Now, many scientists rely on the similarities of animal brains with humans to develop technology that allows people to expand their senses, in other words upgrading towards possessing supernatural abilities. The decades-long research has helped experts gather essential information about the senses. From the 1969 study, people could be trained to draw someone's face by pressing different points on their backs, to special glasses that could convert sound streams into information. sight. Another technology called Brainport translates visual data into sensory information, then transmits it to the brain via electrodes attached to the tongue, allowing people to 'look' with their tongue. Meanwhile, the laboratory of Eagleman is making a shirt with tactile sensors, which translates the sound into a touch, with the goal of helping deaf people "hear" by touching.

With the new approach, 5 traditional human senses are expected to become obsolete soon. Thanks to the ever-growing technology, scientists want to create completely new senses rather than relying on what was naturally given. For example, some researchers are developing technology that allows people to 'smell' the weather up to 320km away, or implant magnets made of neodymium elements into the fingertips to feel the pulsed magnetic field. around. Even some people just need to 'feel' the 'color' of the magnetic field around the damaged device and correct them. Just as Eagleman predicted: 'Nature has given us the necessary tools to create our own experience.'