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Ep12 "Can we create new senses for humans?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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Sensory Substitution for Deaf People

A vest that zips up tight around the torso has 32 little motors on it. Each motor represents a different frequency of sound from low to high. By breaking up sound in this way, we have essentially transferred the cochlea to the torso so it captures sound and turns that into these patterns vibration. They can come to see through their tongue.

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