1. The Man Who Hears Colours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygRNoieAnzI Neil Harbisson was born without the ability to see colour and, for 21 years, he saw the world in grayscale. Tired of the monochromatic world, Harbisson developed the "Eyeborg", a device that allows him to "see" colour and turning himself into a self-identified cyborg. The Eyeborg is essentially an artificial eye that detects colours and translates them into tonal vibrations that only Harbisson can hear. Over time, he has learnt to interpret the different tones as different colours and can now listen to everything from a Picasso to the face of a loved one. This extra sense has become so entwined with his "natural" senses, that he even dreams in colour. Not satisfied with just the visual spectrum, Harbisson has added infrared and ultraviolet frequencies to his Eyeborg, so not only fixing what is broken, but enhancing his body beyond that of normal humans. He has since founded the Cyborg Foundation with the mission of helping humans make the transition to cyborgs and firmly believes that cybernetic enhancements will become the norm in the near future.
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