May 31, 2005
Using technology to add cyborg senses:
A team of researchers will use technology to extend the human senses, allowing people to sense magnetic fields, experience sight via tactile vibrations and see behind them.
The experiment is being conducted by Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, and artist and researcher Sarah Angliss - who has spent several years experimenting with the sensory and psychological properties of sound.
The volunteers augmented with the new technology will be asked to keep video diaries which will appear online, and members of the public can try the technology themselves at the Cheltenham Science Festival.
The experiment is intended in part as a demonstration of neural plasticity, the process by which the brain reorganises through experience to allow for new functionality.
Link to write-up from we-make-money-not-art.com
