Can we create new senses for humans? | David Eagleman

As humans, we can perceive less than a ten-trillionth of all light waves. “Our experience of reality,” says neuroscientist David Eagleman, “is constrained by our biology.” He wants to change that. His research into our brain processes has led him to create new interfaces to take in previously unseen information about the world around us.
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[@BrainGuy]

Checking in from 2119. When he said "We can marry our technology," I smelled that.

[@remingtonrojas]

underrated

[@petrusandersen198]

Sometimes we can frick it too.

[@deivisony]

I felt it in my pp

[@saltservice4024]

C'mon guys get back in your own time, I'm getting jealous here with my 5 stock senses in 2019.

[@dfdkkkllkj]

brandon, you catch the idea on the fly !

[@andrevc85]

audience: claps speaker: please stop, it tickles!

[@yelaminikeen5707]

😂

[@FriedFreya]

XD

[@harshalachavan9058]

ROFL :D

[@lukasschallibaum5046]

Black mirror producer: *starts breathig heavily*

[@spanishdonuts5160]

😂

[@IanWaiguru]

I just spat out my water at this 😂

[@jacksparrow-kj2qq]

lmfao

[@samuelfranco6439]

Thought something similar while watching it

[@mega_jc]

XD

[@berliandro]

I was waiting for him to say "Im actually deaf!"

[@DarkRedman31]

Me too, I think audience would be speechless if it was the case!

[@pratikshinde8838]

😂😂

[@matrixarsmusicworkshop561]

LOL

[@LancerFanClub]

I thought he would say something like “In fact, under my skull I’m actually playing raid shadow legends with a tiny robot arm”

[@prime8krish]

I was thinking that too....

[@nampham9745]

When you can understand what the itch on your back is saying

[@sirengita3535]

"I just wanted to go to france, mingeh"

[@mochimoni1975]

*earth 2069*

[@sharonolsen6579]

That itch .. on your back .. It is saying " Scratch me " ... LOL ... sorry.. I simply COULD NOT resist ! ; >

[@Fidious]

Lol wow that sumeraize it

[@marybeatrice6487]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Arrowsofreem]

this is the best black mirror ep I’ve ever watched

[@lancetschirhart7676]

Try "Shut up and Dance"

[@rubenpradesgrau8430]

Agree

[@viktorvondoom9119]

Loomie from Nightflyers

[@itsglby]

Whats black mirror

[@DroppedMyController]

@@itsglby A tv show on Netflix

[@GeniiExE]

Who’s watching this in 2021 and shocked they haven’t heard of this, or something like this product?

[@wisdomogwu6076]

Same thing I was thinking. Also the bionic video from 2014

[@captainmorgan7371]

Yeah it's weird

[@candyqueen7005]

Me.. Someone sent me this link via Whatsapp earlier.

[@MonkeyNBananas]

I'm watching this in 2020 and I still didn't know it existed. As he pretty much said reality is how u perceive it.

[@mahak19]

My thoughts exactly!

[@sammysambo9384]

360 degree vision? Visible ultraviolet or infrared waves? I feel like the power of this stuff is being underestimated

[@huracan200173]

We already feel infrared. It's called heat. It's what you feel when you stand in the sun, our skin detects the infrared. Ultraviolet though could be very nice, skin cancer rates will plunge immediately!

[@jammcguire1276]

The 'stuff' is there, its the brain that is the power! We are just not using it yet!

[@ojsojs246]

@@jammcguire1276 this reminds me of "humans only use 20% of their brain"

[@comradecameron3726]

Sammysambo9 you can have 360 degree vision in lucid dreams.

[@Andreseme23]

Javier llaneza we can’t feel infrared at all, we can feel the marks it left in our body, that’s a very different thing. Literally infrared means under red becouse the spectrum of electromagnetic waves humans can sense goes from red to violet. Ultraviolet, the opposite, means over violet

[@JRibs]

I'm usually skeptical about these things, but this was presented so safely and responsibly that my BS radar never went off. Clear, responsible, fun, useful, and fucking interesting. Bravo.

[@moneymatrix4914]

J Ribs iiiioik

[@dimanarinull9122]

my BS radar kicked off, but because he was saying humans can't feel if they are health or not... you get plenty of inputs on your body's health, and not focusing on the more nice things we can do with additional senses is just sad.

[@deavman]

True. Yet the little trick about the stock market made me cringe.

[@JoCE2305]

You could make an actual BS sensor with this...

[@alligotbazaar6852]

the freaking future is gonna be so many levels of amazing!

[@mmathieum]

Somebody put this technology in *car driver seats* to make them *feel* when a vehicle is in their *blind spot*.

[@mozkitolife5437]

I just drove an Equinox. It vibrates the seat when it predicts a collision is imminent without intervention.

[@jslearner]

Great idea! Some sense when a car is next to you in your blind spot maybe.

[@snooxe8063]

call up elon musk XD

[@ToobWurm]

My parents drive a car that has lights that indicate vehicles in the blind spot. I was thinking car seats could be set to relay other information, like the on-board diagnostics, or RPM's in a stick-shift, or GPS, or anything on the dash.

[@arnoldberry9431]

I think this would be a problem because people would learn to rely on the tech, and would get lazy, and not actually look.

[@DJCatmom]

Everyone: Blind and deaf people will finally be able to see and hear! Me, an online marketer: I SHALL KNOW THE TASTE OF YOUR BROWSER COOKIES

[@ovencake523]

Im dead lmao 😂

[@mahak19]

Best comment I came across yet 😂

[@fuc321]

Oatmeal rasin

[@r.7530]

Gehshhshshe😂😂😂

[@awtech6588]

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[@OHMyResistance]

Today I learned what an "umwelt" is. Thank you.

[@samurzl]

His pronunciation of the word is actually hilarious if you know german

[@LancerFanClub]

samurzl on a scale of 1-10 how hard did he butcher it?

[@samurzl]

@@LancerFanClub like 8

[@berryeater7377]

@@samurzl ja man, er sagt mwelt😂wo ist das u aber das ist ja nicht so wichtig🤫

[@heinrichmirgrautsvordir6613]

@@samurzl I think he did pretty well. Its very hard to pronounce if you never heard a native speaker pronunce it.

[@goshfather]

I didn't watch this video. I felt it.....

[@steffen5121]

I smelled it tho

[@idealthinker101]

I percepted the electromagnetic waves 〰️ from the video.

[@vaishnevsreejeev]

And I licked....but now my phone is smelly...ew saliva..

[@israshaikh5511]

Umm, I watched it y'all. 😏

[@TheJessicahammerly]

Lol

[@orbik_fin]

Years ago I read about this guy who expanded his Umwelt with a compass. Basically he'd wear a belt with vibrator motors, so that the one closest to magnetic north was constantly running (except when sleeping). Afterwards he said he'd acquired an intuitive and unerring sense of absolute direction and being almost completely unable to get lost outside. That was one of the coolest ideas I've ever encountered and apparently there now exists a company selling it, but as an anklet instead of a belt. Apart from that, the idea of directly sensing data from vehicle sensors or a factory production line seem very exciting too. Think about how much safer cars could be if all drivers sensed on their skin all nearby objects around the car.

[@muhammadayyad9321]

Hey, its 3 years later and they sell this vibrating back speaker vest on amazon. Theres a couple different brand names. Im only here trying to figure out whether or not this would work. It seems like this would convert like music and video game sounds into vibrations. But those are sounds we already can hear, wed just instead feel what he hear. So i dont think it would expand the umwelt because its not sending vibrations from frequencies we cant access, only ones we can. Maybe im wrong tho. Idk, anyways, you're the lucky guy i decided to ask lol

[@justsomeguywithsomemustard8168]

@@muhammadayyad9321 it does expand the umwelt of DEAF ppl, and I think that's the market they're targeting.

[@muhammadayyad9321]

@@justsomeguywithsomemustard8168 we might not be talking about the same thing, what im talking about is targeted around videogames and music. I can buy my own tactile transducer for 50$ and do this myself, but im trying to gain as much info as possible befor making a purchase.

[@justsomeguywithsomemustard8168]

@@muhammadayyad9321 if you can hear just fine, and the purpose for the apparatus is to pick up sounds and transmitting signals to your brain, I suggest a headphone or a speaker. If we're talking about a sensor that picking up sounds and translate it into vibration that u can feel in your skin tho, then yes it does expand the umwelt for deaf ppl (excluding you if you can hear just fine) and therefore I think u shouldn't buy it

[@shieldgenerator7]

you could plug in your vest into the car like the Na'vi plug in their braids into the animals

[@shaneberghorst4961]

This is definitely the next big leap in bio-mechanical evolution for humans. Well done. Absolutely fascinating.

[@eleonorazioni2784]

I’m glad to see the picture of Ibirapuera Park here in São Paulo, Brazil, when he explains that your senses limit your experiences!

[@2bitmarketanarchist337]

Best TED talk I've ever seen.

[@dariusduesentrieb]

truest TED youtube comment that says "best TED talk i've seen"

[@justinoo777]

'..ever seen.'

[@johnnycruiser2846]

Wait for when you feel the audience, shape of the room, the temperature and smells.

[@aneeshchengappa]

Huge thumbs up to this guy! I love how he not only introduced the topic so nicely, but kept it going in a more basic manner, rather than getting into high-tech data or theoretical work, Plus his practical approach just makes this even better. This also gives a slight insight into what all the unconscious part of our mind does without us knowing, which was quite surprising to see, as he explains that those vibrations were not being consciously monitored by the person to understand like a book or something, but just registered in the mind unconsciously, like walking.

[@SangoProductions213]

Daniel Martins I am extremely skeptical about that claim, as he would need a way to tell what the crowd's emotion was in the first place before it could be transmitted. But otherwise, this guy is very fun to just listen to. Has that sense child-like wonder to him.

[@ahoyhoy1]

Daniel Martins Lol. That or the fact that he also has a degree in literature and is a renowned author of fiction, translated into 27 languages and lauded by publications like The Guardian and the New York Times. (Got it from his Wikipedia page.) The guy knows how to tell a story.

[@adrienperie6119]

I hated it, when you already know how all those things you just want to get to the content, being told what you already know is extremely boring.

[@912sonic]

Honestly, I'm so glad he didnt get complicated. Props to this guy

[@ranveersingh-mj4mk]

ANEESH CHENGAPPA

[@captiongeeza]

Been a huge fan of Eagleman for some time now, this talk was conceptually incredible !

[@cuteoooobabe]

This is why i got into neuroscience. thank you so much for bringing life back into my passion, at times it gets so hard but seeing your team make such a big difference really breathes life back into my own dreams- Neuro girl x

[@1ron0xide]

same

[@thomasod0591]

TED 2015: uploads video KZbin 2019 let’s put this in a few 700 or 800thousand peoples recommended

[@pxnt]

i really want this to get big, though!

[@andreashennig7423]

predicting a probable market innovation in this field

[@darth_dan8886]

Yeah... Well, there's plenty of hype for cyberpunk right now... So there is a pattern

[@compulsive_curiosity]

we are finally ready

[@sagelioneldsouza8230]

Yes

[@ThwWumboligistMaster]

A vest that allowed you to feel other cars around yours would probably reduce traffic accidents considerably. Somebody fund this man!

[@lawrenceasto1325]

It might... But reaction time might be a problem

[@MadnanTheArcher]

main problem will always be willingness to use it, People almost never see themselves as the problem, and will put themselves in harms way if they feel they are in control. They wont spend money on anything extra except rare cases. Even the seatbelt and airbag faced huge pushbacks from the general public and werent accepted as a must until long after

[@sirengita3535]

er, did you just suggest to fund a billionare?

[@dominiqueloh2566]

put it into the car seat

[@jahidfillah6881]

but with that experience of new sense .. you have to learn it again... its your brain ready to proccess a lot of incoming data n reacting as fast as you can

[@Ritvik0011]

We all are here from KZbin recommendation . Thank you KZbin suggesting me this video

[@metrothered]

I just realised that the vibrations in my controller have been adding to my sensory experience for years and I've learnt to feel the game world.

[@razorrnik]

It's been 4 years ago. Where his project now?

[@yokan1342]

neosensory.com/?v=6cc98ba2045f

[@luxurious0346]

If rocket science was years ago Why don't I have it? Same can be asked with your question

[@p.t.557]

@@luxurious0346 i dont think that is what he means. i think he wants to know what has changed with the project/how far have they gone

[@goblins194]

Luxurious03 Language barrier can create misunderstanding.

[@diegooland1261]

His future implant inspetrograph technology that lets him experience future technology funding based on light polarization in the nanospehere has led him to abandon reality in the photoinosphere limiting polygenoic morphineoligic polyblastopyfic.... bla bla bla It's stupid and pointless babble.

[@KingThor128]

This technology is fucking amazing, I mean... what could be a better catalyst for the next huge leap in human technological ability than an expansion of human perception?

[@ahoyhoy1]

The technological singularity?

[@obsideonyx7604]

ahoyhoy1 It has already begun.

[@GearZNet]

ahoyhoy1 Wouldn't this be apart of the singularity? Cause you know it would actually be apart of the neo-human/neoman being.

[@rajdivecha]

ahoyhoy1 Not really. If you follow all the technological developments in the area of artificial (general) intelligence then we are still in the infancy. AGI is still at the bee or cockroach level i.e. level 1. The vest that you saw is no big deal. It is merely fetching the data and feeding it to the actuators. Most can make that at home with little knowledge of electronics and software programming.

[@Cythil]

GearZNet I view it as a Transhuman is a surfer on the edge of the event horizon of the technological singularity.

[@jasonnero9460]

The more I know and learn, the more I come to understand everything... it’s that feeling you get, that signal, that vibe(ration), the frequency. And it all comes down to perception and interpretation... and also what you are willing to accept.

[@bakbak4960]

the applications of such a project is just outstanding and the idea he planted in us that there is no limit to our sensory is just insane this is one of the best TED talks I have ever watched.

[@thenarcissistsscapegoat5091]

I bet if we had a vest to feel the air pressure, temperature etc. we'd quickly learn to predict weather patterns.

[@crisameim]

Love your idea!

[@kurtsaidwhat]

Or you can use your nose

[@faustin289]

We've hade a vest to feel temperature for eons!

[@prajjwal_mishra]

No. Google the level of computation and data required for prediction of weather

[@mbharatm]

Well, it's like the level of computation and data required for a self-driving car. Oodles of data and we still are testing basic functionality in a self-drive car. The problem in trying to predict weather with a computer is that the processor is very primitive. Many people ARE able to predict the weather quite well with even the five senses that we already have. It's our brain which is the "secret sauce". Imagine what people could do with being able to sense atmospheric data continuously, and building a sense of what rain felt like over time, to the point that they could understand how it builds up.

[@grantengroff173]

I really like David Eagleman. Besides the fact that he's highly intelligent, he has a very open mind. Which is something we need more of in modern science. If you enjoyed this I recommend you watch the video of his conversation with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. It's very interesting!

[@1ron0xide]

The only TED talk worth talking about. Love ya and your lab, David, you're the man.

[@seabass8011]

That vest and your ideas are incredible, humanity needs this.

[@MsMilkytheclown1]

Wow, the implications of this are Huge!

[@lokmandz4548]

unrealistically huge! This can completely change our society, the way we live, interact, ... kind of going from watching sci-fi movies to living in them

[@sertaki]

Living in the future is fun.

[@keltar2007]

MsMilkytheclown1 Yes!

[@akhilkathula]

MsMilkytheclown1 applications?

[@jcTorres813]

@@lokmandz4548 "...kind of going from watching sci-fi movies to living in them" - We are "living in sci-fi" already. Look around! ;) It will be "the new normal" just like a cell phone without buttons...! That's impossible (for my grandma's mother). jaja :)

[@user-hl4pj2vz8c]

Neo: Do you always look at it encoded? Cypher: Well you have to. The image translators work for the construct program. But there's way too much information to decode the Matrix. You get used to it. I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, red-head.

[@icaruskirota2711]

WE CAN SEE IT ALL.....

[@tempname8263]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@darkphilosopher9587]

Best comment!

[@xXProangel007]

We don’t even need to decode or translate big chunk of data, in the future we just feel it and that’s it.

[@lazyh-online4839]

@@SuperDirtPig When we BELIEVE they are reality then we may be doomed. People keep getting the electronic experience closer and closer to reality, 4k tvs now look so realistic it can be hard to tell between a tv and a window if its set up right. The difference is that people KNOW that the tv is not real, its when people start tricking themselves into believing the tv IS reality that we may start having problems. On the other hand this may not even be an issue as it may simply open the door for our reality itself expanding to far more than what we ever knew it could be.

[@julesbo4082]

My Theory of Knowledge teacher (hello fellow IB students) has shown us this today in class, and it really intrested me. Mind-blowing how we can extend our senses so much. Also the guy really impresses me! You can see he knows what he is talking about

[@clouds5]

Didn't know that Ant-Man is a cool scientist guy in his free time!

[@npc6817]

he was in the comics

[@winsonjacob3554]

You’re misinformed. Ant man is fictional. It’s actually Paul Rudd

[@mahak19]

No, actually that's Mike Hannigan

[@supagenius1129]

@@winsonjacob3554 cmon,he is clearly joking bro

[@bathtub_farter]

After watching some of the greatest TED talks I didn't expect this one to be this good. Best talk ever in technology.

[@kellydickson896]

Humans can do this without technology. Yet humans want to find short cuts rather than work with what we were born to do... Seems technology is making humans go backwards

[@Arshika792]

@@kellydickson896 wth

[@Copt774]

Crosspollination of technology and neuroscience is revelatory

[@luamfernandez6031]

That technology will kill us

[@AseelAldeleh]

"Your senses limit your reality " I believe in that like this amazing show

[@Zer0cul0]

I'd say a lot of his talk was proving just the opposite. We understand not to touch the stove because we can comprehend its hot. We can imagine the heat but we don't have the right tools yet to see ir. Our Umwelt is begging for the direct input.

[@nathangehman7018]

This is by far one of the most incredible discoveries about the human body.

[@bad71hd]

More absolute GENIUS at a TED talk

[@eliotgillum]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of people watched this video and cried out in revelation

[@gregheffley5712]

In the history of my 15 years on this planet I have never commented on any video but this is just unbelievably amazing!!

[@brice3084]

welcome to the internet

[@therealdoc]

Grats on living another year maybe.

[@adamkaidunnaustralia5158]

Brilliant! I had this same idea a cpl years ago or so, good to see someone had already developed it a cpl years beforehand. I'm surprised it hasn't been developed and produced in mass scales yet or been talked about more. 😎

[@EvanLeeds]

I love the question from the moderator at the end, because I was thinking the same thing... Don't we have specific cortices dedicated to specific senses? Eagleman's answer helped me to understand. As I interpret it, the "visual cortex" isn't a hard-defined region, rather it is the area to which visual signals from the retina are sent, to be later processed throughout. There's no "special neurons" there, just the same as everywhere else, but it just happens that this area collects visual stimuli. There's some senses that I would love to have, which wouldn't be too difficult to augment through gadgets: blood glucose, hormone levels, plasma cortisol, plasma adenosine, etc Imagine being able to pull apart the factors that are making you miserable, or happy, in a direct way. Imagine being able to estimate your stress level, your tiredness, your fullness, with the same accuracy that you estimate how hot a room is? You could train this sense for years through conscious attention and meditation, or with a simple device you could get immediate access to these senses, at a higher resolution.

[@xDMrGarrison]

Dude..... Imagine tripping with a large amount of extra sensory information o.0

[@TheGeckoNinja]

you would probably experience a completely new reality

[@illadelagos8770]

Trippin is a huge amount of extra sensory information

[@BlackBirdOfHermes]

What Jose Luis said is true. Trippin is a huge amount of extra sensory information. But what about trippin with NEW sensory information, not extra ;)

[@jaxtronaut9511]

imagine feeling the sensory information, after getting completely used to it, of someone who /is/ tripping

[@wilhelm.reeves]

now that's what am talkin' about !!

[@Collector917]

"I feel a disturbance in the force: it's as if the futures exchange on cheeses nose dived and aren't doing Gouda."

[@breezeg3542]

Lol

[@WandaII]

I rose to applaud as the audience did, this is so mindblowingly great stuff! Wow!

[@ChandravijayAgrawal]

This is the future i would like to have, best ted talk i have ever watched

[@AntonioGarcia-ud9hp]

This is incredible. I've heard of stuff like this, but never paid much attention. The way this was presented is just amazing.

[@informitas0117]

Oh you only heard about it? I smelled it a year ago. Joking aside, it's amazing. I wonder how far they have gotten by now.

[@daithiocinnsealach3173]

You mean simply

[@realsteinberg]

coolest and most jawdropping ted talk ever

[@goldenshirt]

This is my favorite ted talk ever to watch.

[@TuanLe-td1dg]

One of the best TED talk i have ever watch

[@unclemamad8023]

damn last day I thought to my self "is there possible to have more senses?", now I see this. anyway this technology is the future

[@rjay393]

Uncle Mamad this video was uploaded 5 years ago...

[@unclemamad8023]

@@rjay393 so it cant pop into my recommendations?

[@rjay393]

Recommendation list is the future... okay

[@unclemamad8023]

@@rjay393 fixed it, satisfied?

[@rjay393]

?

[@ahoyhoy1]

This is one of the best talks I have ever seen. I've got to learn more about this :D

[@chinmaychandraunshuh]

I am halfway through this video and I must say, I was 5 years too late to get to this video, thanks to Mr. Eagleman for sharing such wonderful information! this has opened my mind to what could be imagined by the human mind, if given enough strength it can experience the unexperienceable! just amazing!

[@chinmaychandraunshuh]

Actually I wanted to add something here, I don't really think that it is a creation of new senses, but rather the enhancement of the existing ones. 360 degree vision, being able to see ultraviolet radiation etc. seem like extension to present sense of sight as in the enhancement of human field of vision, and being able to see more colours or more than colors (depends how seeing something beyond visual spectrum would look like). And even the vest seems like a device to help solve problems which were/are heavily relying upon eyes. so this vest is more like a use of touch, not expansion of it. Apart from these things to say, I liked the overall idea pretty much. It is helpful for people who are in a way deprived of the 5 senses. Kudos to this team.

[@arlinegeorge6967]

Amazing talk. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.

[@SimplyMayaBeauty]

I would so love a philosophical analysis of this type of tech.

[@PhilippeCastonguay]

Feel free to do one!

[@SimplyMayaBeauty]

I just might! It's fascinating.

[@SimplyMayaBeauty]

I know. What I mean is that I'd like to see it revisited after this is released. It changes everything and gives empirical data.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

I have one. Becoming god. If we can form and shape reality any way we want. The only limitation is your creativity and being connected to other humans, or even other life forms. You could theoretically become one with the universe. Experience the big bang, understand the creation of reality. We already create our own universes (video games) with rules and physics This is just pushing it further than I ever imagined we would be able to with current technology. Definite proof of what god is, explain it and even experience it. This is the holy grail to stop wars and fighting, when we can truly understand each other. Coming this far already shows the power of cooperation.

[@eillomanu]

SimplyMayaBeauty This is us entering hypermodernity!

[@brotherthorns4615]

Wow. This is something I've thought about for a long time now and it's so incredible to see how quickly people are figuring these things out, this is amazing.

[@neithsobek7599]

Thank you for saying we have not *evolved* into that kind of understanding yet!

[@SUMANPOUDEL-BCE-ee6iq]

I would love to see its application as understanding another person thoughts, feelings and emotions directly by ones brain. I imagine with this way, we bring humanity ever more together.

[@selftransforming5768]

This research in conjunction with psychedelics\consciousness experience studies and abilities can be the next improvement in human perception and communication. To construct a better language that allows for a more accurate representation of the formulated ideas would be an incredible expansion on understanding and evolution. This in change could lead in my opinion to a more peaceful and collective in their ambitions.

[@JKitsRyan]

He is amazing. The work he's doing is going to revolutionize our very concept of being human if not already doing so slowly.

[@faizaimazhar]

definitely the most underrated video out there.

[@seebbe8148]

This is the most interesting thing I've seen in my life...

[@bourney1998]

I literally teared up... The idea is just so amazing, it made me incredibly happy and excited.

[@breezeg3542]

Lol what? Maybe I'm jaded but lmao, oooookkaayyy

[@breezeg3542]

I just FEEL so connected to everyone, like all I want is for everyone to just, like you know, feel what I feel, you know, and like, be.... HAPPY!! OH YAY!!!!

[@bourney1998]

@@breezeg3542 everyone's got something to be passionate about. Mine is human enhancements, that's all

[@breezeg3542]

Relax bud I'm just kidding with you, for the lols 👍👍👍😁

[@breezeg3542]

Hope you're not offended I'm just teasing 😋

[@obsideonyx7604]

This is amazing, it makes good use of our subconscious brain power. I feel like watching a futuristic science fantasy movie where this tech is well developed and wide spread. It would be an interesting sight. :D Anyway, it's about time humans burst out of their biological comfort zone.

[@bigfletch8]

"We" have been for eons, in the form of sharmen and mystics, who told us "we are already complete, and we have to develop our consciousness of ourselves (commonly known as "Know Thyself").

[@xylian2861]

I hope we can fix our political issues that damage ourselfs then we see a new reality.

[@shujaathussain7852]

Dear, I like the way you analyzed or explained all this............JAZAKALLAH. Looks like we all are here to discover, discover ourselves(with one way or the other) and that is our ultimate goal, to realize the ultimate REALITY.

[@wolf1066]

This was indeed a mind-blowing - and mind-expanding - talk. It's got me thinking of so many possibilities right now.

[@adrienperie6119]

*I'm shocked that such a vest could work that well in only 4 days*, I would never have predicted that. It would be really, really interesting to see the limitations of the technology, can the vest ultimately allow the patient to enjoy music for example ? I really wish the talk had been done a month later to learn more about this, 4 days is very short. I also wish the first 10 minutes of the talk hadn't been very basic explanations on the brain and sensory input, but waiting really paid off, great talk.

[@muchograndeyolatengo]

Great lecture by Rob Schneider

[@michaelsechrest2657]

im late but lmao good comment

[@dorahthedestroyer1264]

that was the most enjoyable and fulfilling ad ive ever watched

[@syedsulaiman8380]

one of the best ted talks ever

[@jacobreid7992]

Absolutely fascinating, i've been thinking about more senses though out the last couple of weaks! This is amazing!

[@OmegaFalcon]

This is actually the coolest thing I've ever seen ever.

[@diegooland1261]

You need to get out more.

[@BloodwolvMC]

I have always dreamt of being able too see a much larger range of the EM spectrum and too see magnetic/electric fields. i cant even explain how excited this video makes me feel. i want this right now.

[@uum6]

This. This is my favorite TED talker of all time. I sense... a disturbance in the force of the future.

[@senseisuarez]

I should say this is part of a future in 20 or 30 years . Really amazing !

[@bigzed7908]

Me: Can we become Titans? Bio-engineers: Yes.

[@heaven4247]

Yes. It's true.

[@diegooland1261]

And what happened to the Titans? Was it a good end? I do love good endings.

[@asifulislamshanto7972]

salute to you and your team, guys! for making unable people feel the world from a new prespective

[@bafflezbiz]

This is so amazing. Rewatching this years later, and I've seen another Ted talk with an example of this. No less mind-blowing, and the ramifications are so much greater than the practical, market/medical focus of this talk. Combined with augmented reality/VR and Elon's neural net, along with genetic manipulation to incorporate sense frameworks from other species, this could open humans to a completely new experience of the universe. We need to get on this. Like it or not (if we survive ourselves), humans may be unrecognizable within the next century. Especially with genetics/crispr. 8 limbs, tentacles, skin that changes color, texture, patterns, camouflage, etc., Infrared vision, x-ray vision, heads-up display, wings, walk up walls and upside down like a fly, glow with phosphorescence. Sky's the limit. Scratch that, we've already moved beyond the sky. Limitless...

[@daithiocinnsealach3173]

I'd bet my life savings that your futuristic vision will not come to pass. I bet we will look and act very much like we do today. 100 year is too soon. Like how we imaganed 10p years ago that today we'd be in flying cars with regular trips to the moon for the every day man on the street.

[@rajdivecha]

Common knowledge tells us that kids learn faster and adults experience difficulty in leaning new skills. According to me it would be best to put on this vest on the kids and see the benefits when they grow up.

[@bigfletch8]

We could also put more oxygen into the atmosphere resulting in better athletic performances (or more carbon to enhance our animal comforts).

[@johnc3433]

Brian Fletcher Spot on Brian

[@andrewgalloway7344]

ooooo ... testing on children ? ... who's ... yours ?

[@bemore2886]

I've had a much easier time learning everything as an adult then as a child. And when it comes to doing something useful with information adults will always trump kids.

[@NextLevelCode]

@@bemore2886 complex ideas sure. But you didn't learn to walk or use your eyes as an adult.

[@TacShooter]

I'll bet this guy always wanted to play an Elf in Dungeons & Dragons.

[@MrQcSkateboarding]

eversince i saw this video a cant stop imagining how we could use this, like in 3d software, gaming, driving etc. very awesome!

[@colorfulcodes]

I love science and technology. Need more tech talks like this.

[@peterluna593]

This is probably going to be some new form of an existential Crisis

[@JustOneAsbesto]

It's GOTTA light up, because Star Trek.

[@Stroyent]

I love how Geordi explained his ability to filter the visual input: it's the same way as when you select one specific sound in a noisy room. The topic has also reminded me of Asimov's "The Secret Sense", where the sense itself is the ability to feel magnetic fields.

[@listen7634]

How far this can go in a century is unimaginable

[@daanvanijcken4288]

I so want this field to have a new breakthrough!

[@NiharParmar]

Just WOW... Really 'mind blowing' Talk... After a long time I saw something this amazing... As he mentioned... This could be truly game changer... Very nicely explained too... I can't think of any argument on this... My bet is - This will definitely be the future... This also means that... You can train people with certain kind of sensory from very early age and make/train them becoming expert... For example: get your kid the right sensors to sense 'airplane cockpit data' from early age - he will be trained for long enough and he/she will be much better pilot...

[@brycepitcher5734]

This is one of the coolest things ive seen.

[@andrewmallett4516]

Best I've seen yet, what genius

[@tony.h321]

This technology will no doubt be incredibly useful. What I find most interesting is that we humans are able to "train" the mind to receive and process information in "unusual" ways. I think humans have been doing this basically throughout our existence. Ie. training ourselves to be more "sensitive" to, and utilizing, certain subtle modes of "input" to achieve previously unknown or difficult/complex feats. Some people also develop "extra senses" as a mere by-product of of an ability (or affliction), eg. people with gout who are able sense bad weather coming in. I wonder what else we can/will train ourselves to do, and how this sort of technology is going to transform, accelerate, and reveal these abilities to us?

[@56majimamain]

i want health, stamina and magika bars and also a compass at the top. basically the skyrim hud

[@kylestanley7843]

The magicka bars just never appears bc no magic

[@jackconway6571]

Or, the magicka bar could just be mental exhaustion.

[@tennenrishin]

13:19 "And our expectation is that after wearing this for about 3 months he will have a direct perceptual experience of hearing." Test for the hypothesis: Did he develop a taste for music?

[@kanava9996]

​@electron gaming You're also listening to vibrations. Hearing sounds is only your mind's interpretation of reality. Sound doesn't exist outside the brain, so without your brain music is nothing but movement. But if you receive the information through touch your brain does different tricks with it. So like you said the experience would not be the same.

[@jameschambers4879]

MY HEART HAS ALWAYS BEEN, .... WHERE YOUR MIND AND HEART IS. LOVE ALL YOUR STUFF ... FINALLY A MAN WHO CAN THINK LOGICALLY .. U GO.

[@luxrow9742]

Ive watched this video 100 times each time it breaks me

[@erenyldz9465]

David Eagleman did it again! :) You gotta read his books on brain and subconsciousness. He really deserves a medal.

[@tristramgordon8252]

When you can get human beings to understand "common" sense, that'll be a start, but don't hold your breath

[@therealdoc]

ok boomer

[@bobthemadmonkey]

Holding your breath is a good way to do it. Jester

[@kellydickson896]

I feel you, don't follow human understanding and with your heart seek God's will

[@r.7530]

@@kellydickson896 🤡🤡

[@OmegaFalcon]

This is still my favorite Ted Talk

[@amandariviera]

A very simplified version of this is how I can't seem to catch if I think about it; only when I do it reactively. Conscious thought slows the processing down. The brain knows how to react to input better than we do. Like when you readjust your balance, or successfully drive out of an oil slick with no memory of doing it.