What is Brainport®?

Brainport® is the name of technology for visually affected people, developed by Wicab, Inc. It is also the name of the device that uses this technology. The device includes signals received by the camera translated into electrical pulses that are sent to the language. The user's brain can then convert them to visual signals and "see" information. The aim was to use the sensor to detect the head location and then send the signal to the tongue when the head was in the "correct" position. In order to move the head to make the signal active, the patient could re -indicate the skills needed for balance.

Later, developers found that Brainport® could be used for more complicated signals. This was based on the fact that the human brain is able to interpret signals from one sense that it is traditionally associated with another sense. One of the common examples is with Braille, it is transmitted in visual form is accepted by touch.

This concept has already had medical use via cochlear Implantat. These convert sound into electrical signals that are transmitted by bones to the brain. The intention is to create the same vibrations in the bone as the sounds of the fully heard person would be produced.

In principle, the Brainport® operation is a simple idea: a signal applied to a specific part of the language corresponds to a specific piece of visual information about the three -dimensional location and object size. In practice, of course, it is extremely complicated, given the complete complexity and diversity of visual information that we see. For this reason, the level of detail that Brainport® can "see" is significantly limited compared to someone with normal vision. However, some users have experienced good results, with some even able to read a few examples of manuscript.

The tongue is used as a sensory point because it is much more sensitive than other areas of the body. This means that the power of the electrical signal may not be that waySoká. The tongue also has the advantage that it is covered in saliva, which contains electrolytes and can help the flow of electric current.

Brainport® has triggered some philosophical debate about whether the person who uses it is experiencing sight. Some believe that this term should only apply when the retina is stimulated, to which the device does not happen. Others argue that it doesn't matter how visual information gets into the brain if they can use it.