Is it possible to 'hear' colors? It turns out that in the technological age we live in, it is possible: Neil Harbison was born with complete color blindness, as a result of which he experiences the entire broad spectrum of colors of the rainbow in shades of gray.
Harbison attached an antenna to his head that was attached to the back bone of his skull, sending signals into his brain. The antenna, which he calls "my third eye," reads all the colors, translating them into sound waves, which are transmitted as vibrations into his brain.
Using the antenna, Harbison is able to distinguish, or more precisely, feel, the colors that the human eye cannot perceive.
For example, the antenna receives colors from space – via satellite – colors that do not exist on Earth. Harbison says that he is in contact with several sources around the world, who inform him whenever they encounter a special color shade. "They transmit the color image to me via phone, so I feel like I have eyes all over the world," Neil told the Sky News website. "As"A random image that comes my way becomes a melody of voices inside my head.".
A few months ago, Harbison became famous when he defeated the British Home Office, which refused to accept his passport photo while the antenna was attached to his head.
Harbison was able to prove that the antenna has become a part of his life, and therefore there is no reason why it should not accompany him in his passport photo.
Harbison is considered the first "cyborg," meaning a combination of human and machine and treated as a single entity. His legal victory marks a turning point in the legal, and perhaps ethical, relationship for people seeking to make technology an integral part of their bodies.
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