Oh man, the BrainPort is pretty incredible. It basically “just” uses a camera to convert an image into electrical impulses on the surface of the tongue, but it’s actually been found that in blind people, this actually forms connections between the tongue and the visual cortex. One man, Eric Weihenmayer, even uses it for rock climbing, allowing him to get to the top of Everest.
To anyone reading this, I’ve sent a letter to Andrews McMeel Universal in Kansas City regarding the unfairness of the suspension system without notification. Will keep you posted if/when I get a reply.
Second, the moniker JohnShirley1 only appears in Ripley’s, doesn’t google in like all other profiles when you do JohnShirley1 gocomics. Hasn’t appeared for a few days. Could it be that this dude is actually a moderator disguising himself as one of us??
Copy-&-Paste over 1 year ago
See by way of tongue? What will they think of next….
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
As much as I’m not that bad of being visually impaired, sure would like to know how my sense of taste electrically helps my sense of sight.
Izzy Moreno over 1 year ago
I never did like to read “we” and “our” when it’s a sole author.
You see that a lot with those millennial “news” sites and videos.
It gives off such a corporate non-identity feeling. So fake. Inhuman, even.
jmolay161 over 1 year ago
That co-author cat probably went on to invent the first cat videos.
jmolay161 over 1 year ago
The co-author was catapulted to fame.
monkeysky over 1 year ago
Oh man, the BrainPort is pretty incredible. It basically “just” uses a camera to convert an image into electrical impulses on the surface of the tongue, but it’s actually been found that in blind people, this actually forms connections between the tongue and the visual cortex. One man, Eric Weihenmayer, even uses it for rock climbing, allowing him to get to the top of Everest.
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 1 year ago
Have you ever touched a 9 volt battery to your tongue?
alscoonz2 over 1 year ago
Once!
therese_callahan2002 over 1 year ago
Jefferson Airplane already had that all figured out. “One man on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go.”
tremaine53 over 1 year ago
My cat has authored a few Pulitzer Prize winning hairballs.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 1 year ago
So he couldn’t bring himself to give the cat full credit.
Take care, may relentless town crier Lliam “My Tongue Sees All Hears All And Speaks All And All In Good Taste” Gazettord be with you, and gesundheit.
artegal over 1 year ago
I guess now Geordi’s banana clip visor from TNG doesn’t look so bad (see what I did there?).
Pickled Pete over 1 year ago
To anyone reading this, I’ve sent a letter to Andrews McMeel Universal in Kansas City regarding the unfairness of the suspension system without notification. Will keep you posted if/when I get a reply.
Second, the moniker JohnShirley1 only appears in Ripley’s, doesn’t google in like all other profiles when you do JohnShirley1 gocomics. Hasn’t appeared for a few days. Could it be that this dude is actually a moderator disguising himself as one of us??
Very Suspicious! here’s the link:
https://www.gocomics.com/profile/3251085198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
And the cat got all the royalties
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Believe it or not,George Santos still doesn’t know what his real name is
stamps over 1 year ago
Was that one of Schrodinger’s cats?
sergioandrade Premium Member over 1 year ago
To parapharse Mark Twain “The only people who should refer to themselves as ‘we’ are royality, editors, and people with tapeworms.”
mindjob over 1 year ago
There is surgery for blindness but I don’t know how common or expensive it is
jmcenanly over 1 year ago
The BrainPort™ is a distant ancestor to Geordi LaForge’s VISOR
MichiganMitten over 1 year ago
Hetherington was a Michigan State professor, interestingly enough.
Bilan over 1 year ago
So when the blind users suddenly tastes sour, it means they’re about to bump their head?