Brain Port: Tongue as a Superior Sense Processor.

Alex

To develop a super-solider of the future, researchers at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition are looking at tongues.

Yes, tongues:

By routing signals from helmet-mounted cameras, sonar and other equipment through the tongue to the brain, they hope to give elite soldiers superhuman senses similar to owls, snakes and fish. ...

The device, known as "Brain Port," was pioneered more than 30 years ago by Dr. Paul Bach-y-Rita, a University of Wisconsin neuroscientist. Bach-y-Rita began routing images from a camera through electrodes taped to people's backs and later discovered the tongue was a superior transmitter.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/04/24/tongue.sight.ap/index.html (Thanks David R!)


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So sorry you missed out, Stacy, I remember this silliness well, thanks. Now, if I could just get my hands on "Hammy Hamster" vids, I'd be in my '70s animal cruelty masquerading as entertainment glory!
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I remember this from the time of the Banana Splits show.
They were my two favorite shows at the peak of the psychedelic TV era....and I was only 9! This show spoofed James Bond to Secret Agent Man to I Spy and everything in between. Awesome!
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