Helen Keller and the Glove That Couldn't Hear(theatlantic.com) |
Helen Keller and the Glove That Couldn't Hear(theatlantic.com) |
I recall reading about a guy who wore a device that gave him an indication of his North south east west orientation through a vibration, and how he used that to gain a instinctive sense of his place, perhaps similar to how pigeons experience the world. I think that's only scratching the surface of cybernetic potential that we could be unlocking by making even simple haptic feedback devices like the Apple watch widely available.