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RT @mashable: 'Eyeborg' Allows Man to Hear Color http://t.co/bNRHCkFYlp
June 01, 2013
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'Eyeborg' Allows Man to Hear Color
It sounds like something straight out of a science-fiction movie: "Eyeborg." Neil Harbisson, a 30-year-old artist and musician, was born with a condition called achromatopsia, meaning the cone cells in his eyes don't pick up color - so the world to him is, literally, black and white.