Tongue vision !!!!!

They have shown this on a program on the german TV. It was amazing to find that someone could think of something like this in the first place and even try to implement it. What an absolutely crazy idea !!!!!

The idea is based on the following:
a square carrying a grid of electrodes is placed on the mouth. A picture captured by a camera converts a simple image into pixels and these then stimulate the electrodes on the grid. The tongue feels this as if it were gas bubbles, and - as the blind test person described it - the mind makes an image out of what the tongue feels !!!!!!!! How marvelous our brains work. It can adapt rapidly and extract information quite efficiently. The test person said that he can even recognize a ball in a room and kick the ball.

2 important lessons from this story:
1) The incredibly crazy idea of helping the blind to see using the tongue. I really greatly respect the guy who thought of it and even worked to set it into application. An amazing example of thinking outside the box.
2) The great ability of our mind to adapt and exract information from any data input. Sob7an Allah.