“Amazingly, a new device has been developed for the blind and visually impaired that uses the brain to see—not the eyes. This device called BrainPort manufactured by Wicab Inc., located in Wisconsin helps to partially restore vision by using the nerves on the tongue to send signals from a camera system to the brain. The tongue appears to be ideal for sensing electrical currents as nerve fibers on the tongue are densely packaged and are close to the surface of the tongue.”
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Carolyn Bloch, Federal Telemedicine News, 23 September 2009
