Life with extra senses: Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas at TEDxMuscat 2013

Neil Harbisson, visual artist and composer and choreographer Moon Ribas are the founders of Cyborg Foundation, an international organization that seeks to extend the humans senses by creating cybernetic body extensions, to defend the rights of cyborgs, and promote Cyborgism. Neil and Moon talk about their personal relation with cybernetics, and how technology change their perception of life.
Neil Harbisson, became the first person recognized by a government as a cyborg. Harbisson was born with achromatopsia, a condition that only allows him to see the world in black and white. Since he was 20 years, he installed an electronic eye ("eyeborg") into his head that allows him to listen to colours. Moon has been using other cybernetic devices such as the speedborg, the 360º sensory extension and the seismic sensor to extend her perception of movement and applied this to her artistic work with pieces like 'Waiting for Earthquakes'.
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Hello! My name is Rubens Güths and I'm from south of Brazil. I've seen the Neil's Ted talk when he explains that he can hear the colors. I found it fantastic and so inspiring! So, I would like to ask him about the steps of the process of developing this ability of recognizing a color by a specific tone heard. I'm a musician and I can't imagine this process being done in someone without perfect pitch. Thank you so much

[@ms.jessadventures]

This is incredible!!

[@samfortunato]

I've never heard of anything like this before... Can he really see more colors and see ultraviolet light? I really want to know what the experience of seeing ultraviolet light is like; what it looks like, if it's even a different color completely, etc. Awesome talk; opens up thoughts for the evolution of humanity in the future. :)

[@samfortunato]

could you elaborate?

[@hmlalvarado]

he es listening ultraviolet not seeing, that is the function of his cy-eye, he listen colors by its vibrations.

[@zaktripper4908]

You can hear the shape of his hair by listening to Oliver Tree!

[@bobby8012]

These aren't new senses you're just translating things we cannot percieve to senses that are already there