Turns out you can hear colours!
About a year ago, Harbisson found a doctor, and an anaplastologist, a specialist in prosthetics, who worked together to implant a chip inside his skull, that allowed him to "see" more intricate colours through bone vibrations. A wi-fi connector inside the chip even allows Neil to hear images sent from a mobile phone. So now the possibilities have suddenly opened up....he may be able to hear colours from different locations and even switch between live streams!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/10701562/Colour-blind-artist-unveils-worlds-first-eyeborg-device.html
Neil Harbisson is a colour blind artist, who can see only in black and white. He has been wearing an external "electronic eye" for a decade. The electronic eye or "eyeborg", had a camera on one side, and audio implant on the other side. The camera would pick up colour frequencies, and convert them into distinct sounds for Neil to hear.
According to Neil Harbisson, every colour has a different vibration, and over time, he got used to all the "notes" for various colours, and knew them without having to consciously think of them. He says he had even started dreaming in colour.
About a year ago, Harbisson found a doctor, and an anaplastologist, a specialist in prosthetics, who worked together to implant a chip inside his skull, that allowed him to "see" more intricate colours through bone vibrations. A wi-fi connector inside the chip even allows Neil to hear images sent from a mobile phone. So now the possibilities have suddenly opened up....he may be able to hear colours from different locations and even switch between live streams!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/10701562/Colour-blind-artist-unveils-worlds-first-eyeborg-device.html
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