[optacon-l] Re: Nick's device.
- From: "Fran" <fran.italy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 18:35:49 +0100
Nick, thank you so much for taking the time to share so many details on your
experience!
I was a bit put down at first when I read that the sensations are felt on
the tongue - my dream is to be able to have some visual input through the
eyes (I only have light perception). But if you kind of forget where the
images come from, and they serve the purpose, that sounds terrific!
Let's hope it passes FDA approval so it will be accessible to everyone
eligible.
Thanks again
Fran
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 1:20 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Nick's device.
> Without going into my user perceptions, thus bending non disclosure too
> much; the Brain Port is a pair of glasses with a digital camera on the
> nose bridge. There are 2 cables coming off of the left ear piece. One
> goes to an inter aural display device, we colloquially call the lolly pop
> which sits on one's tongue and holds in
> place by closing their teeth on the mouthpiece on the array on the cable
> end. The other cable goes to a controller with which one can vary the
> intensity of the display's electrical stimulation of the neurons on the
> tongue analogously to changing the intensity of the Optacon's display, one
> also changes variables of the image such as brightness, contrast, image
> polarity, and the zoom onto the area being viewed. So, for me as a 40
> year Optacon user, the concept was comfortable, familiar and alluring.
> Suffice it to say, even though after about about a half hour's use, I lose
> track of the fact the image is being projected onto my tongue, and for me
> subjectively it sits somewhere in front of my forehead. (grin) Makes me
> want to start a rock group called, "Third eye sighted". (giggle)
>
> Anyhow, it is an Investigational Device, thus the non disclosure, and the
> consequent reality that it isn't and can't be for sale until clinical
> trials are completed. For all I know, the device's nature including User
> Interface may evolve as a consequence of the Clinical Trials...
>
> Nick
>
>
>
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>
> What is this device you have, Nick, and how much did it cost? Where did
> you obtain it? You can write me off list, if you want:
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> DOG - Depend on God,
>
> Carolyn
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