How do our brains reconstruct the visual world?
Without the brain constantly computing as a visual processor, the visual information we receive through our eyes would remain a chaotic, jumpy mess.
Category: Sensory Enhancement
Hear Electromagnetic Fields and “Delicate Sounds” Beyond Human Hearing With These Microphones
These microphones allow recording EM fields instead of conventional sound and “delicate sounds” at the edge of human perception.
Graphene Kirigami for Super Skin
Graphene kirigami based stretchable electrodes allow highly conformable or flexible electronics and sensors to be incorporated into synthetic skin or flesh.
No, Biohackers Did Not Just Discover Eyedrops That Give You Night Vision — And using them might damage your eyesight
Currently, there is better scientific evidence that smoking weed improves your night vision than that Ce6 night vision eyedrops do.
Video Friday: Melanie Swan on Introduction to Ethics of Perception in Nanocognition
Melanie Swan on Introduction to Ethics of Perception in Nanocognition
Synaesthetic Cyborg Neil Harbisson Comments on the Sound of #TheDress
What does #TheDress sound like to a synaesthetic cyborg?
Intelligence Augmentation
Yesterday’s post argued for the moral and intellectual augmentation of human beings. I’d like to add to my thoughts on intellectual augmentation, saving the more controversial moral issues for later.
Improved Visual Cognition through Stroboscopic Training
Stroboscopic training led to significantly greater re-test improvement in central visual field motion sensitivity and transient attention abilities.
The Swiss Army Brain: Sensory Extensibility as Native Function
There is no such thing as a ‘phantom limb’. On the face of it, that’s obvious – a phantom limb is no longer present and, therefore, does not exist. That is not what I mean. I mean that the ‘phantom’ in the phrase is itself the phantom. To understand this, look at it the other way around: we don’t say that a person with a limb over which she has no control has a ‘phantom brain map’ for that inoperative limb.
Event Review: Being Human 2013
Being Human is a conference which was recently held in San Francisco which is the brainchild of musician Peter Baumann. This past Saturday I was lucky enough to attend this interesting and enjoyable event.