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Sight through sound and touch

Recorded year2015

Wicab's BrainPort, cleared by the FDA, turns a head-worn camera's view into tingling patterns on the tongue so blind people can sense shapes.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.