http://www.betatank.net/mind-chair.htmlA Sensory Substitution Project
You can't see with your skin. Or can you?
In 1969, Prof. Paul Bach-y-Rita attached an array of solenoids to the back of a dentist's chair and produced astonishing results. "You don't see with the eyes. You see with the brain," he observed.*
By building the Mind Chair we are reviving this technology for sensory substitution. A movie camera is attached to an enhanced grid of 400 solenoids installed in the back of the Mind Chair. People are able to sit in the chair, close their eyes and concentrate on the images which are vibrated into their backs by the solenoids.
Science labs have been investigating this technology as a means of helping the blind. We think it shows the brain's ability to process alternative inputs, opening many more possibilities.
Could we see text messages or images internally? What if we can process more than one visual signal at a time? Could we educate our brains differently from childhood?
The working Mind Chair is our research prototype. With it we investigate these questions.
You can't see with your skin. Or can you?
In 1969, Prof. Paul Bach-y-Rita attached an array of solenoids to the back of a dentist's chair and produced astonishing results. "You don't see with the eyes. You see with the brain," he observed.*
By building the Mind Chair we are reviving this technology for sensory substitution. A movie camera is attached to an enhanced grid of 400 solenoids installed in the back of the Mind Chair. People are able to sit in the chair, close their eyes and concentrate on the images which are vibrated into their backs by the solenoids.
Science labs have been investigating this technology as a means of helping the blind. We think it shows the brain's ability to process alternative inputs, opening many more possibilities.
Could we see text messages or images internally? What if we can process more than one visual signal at a time? Could we educate our brains differently from childhood?
The working Mind Chair is our research prototype. With it we investigate these questions.
http://www.betatank.net/mind-chair-polyprop.htmlMind Chair – 'Polyprop'
Beta Tank + Peter Marigold
Beta Tank + Peter Marigold
The Mind Chair 'Polyprop' is a model of an ordinary polypropylene chair which is fitted with sensory substitution technology.
It suggests a future in which every class room makes use of our ability to see with our skin. Children lean back in order to experience a more involved way of learning. – A learning experience which is supported by internal images and personal concentration phases.
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