[extropy-chat] Transhuman hearing aids

[Henrique Moraes Machado (oplnk)]

Shall we have some pictures?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Damien Sullivan" <phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu>
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Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:50 PM
Subject: [extropy-chat] Transhuman hearing aids


> I'm reading George Williams, _Plan and Purpose in Nature_.  He laments
> our having only two ears, and points out we could fake the benefits with
> programmable hearing aids.  Have the aids also connected to two more
> microphones on the body, and a wearable computer; the computer would be
> able to have full range and direction information, and you could tell it
> to filter out all sounds except from a desired area.
> 
> (Me, inspired by him)  Rear-view mirror on eyeglasses.  Or a small
> camera on the back of the head, piping a view to a small display where
> your eyes can see it.  Or use that pins-on-back display developed for
> blind people, but using vision behind you as input.
> 
> -xx- Damien X-) 
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