BrainPort V100 Offers Tongue Vision

Jun-25-15 Designed with the visually-impaired in mind, the BrainPort V100 lets you see with your tongue by vibrating when it detects an object in front of you.

The BrainPort system consists of a pair of sunglasses equipped with a video camera and a small electronic device meant to be held in the mouth, on the tongue. As the camera detects obstacles in the user’s path, it will trigger the tongue array to vibrate accordingly. This tongue array features 400 electrodes that can vibrate independently, with white pixels interpreted as a strong vibration, black as no stimulation and gray as medium stimulation—creating a sort of “image” on the user’s tongue.

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