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Harbisson - got to be fake!

Posted: 05:40am Gizmo

14 Jun 2018 Admin Group
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OK, this has bugged me for ages. I thought I would

throw it at the forum to get other peoples perspectives.

A "artist" called Neil Harbisson says he has a device

planted in his head to let him hear colour. Apparently
the device is also wifi enabled. Never heard, of him?
Just google his name. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harbisson

Now I'm calling BS on this one. Despite being on

several TV shows and radio interviews where he is
taken seriously, I cant seam to find anyone else who
also thinks its BS. Am I the only person who thinks the
"implant" is nothing more than a collection of model
plane parts and hot glue?

The first time I heard of him was a radio interview.

During the interview I though it was all a bit weird, but
when asked how the device was powered, he said
"magnets". Ting, penny dropped, its BS! Even if its a
motion powered generator using a magnet, it's not
going to generate enough power or be small enough to
do what he claims this implant can do without shaking
his head like a dog after a bath.

Other questions arise. Where did the implant come

from? Looks too miniature to be home made,
remember this started in 2004, and this thing has a
camera, wifi, CPU and "magnet" power source. If no
doctors wanted to implant it, how did he end up getting
it implanted? Problems with infection at the site? Why
the bad hair cut?

Apparently he has also installed a bluetooth enabled

vibrating tooth. Seriously.

So am I the only person who thinks this is a load of

crock? What scares me the most is how the media
interview him and not one of them is smart enough
realise its a load of rubbish and this clown is a lair.

Maybe I'm am wrong, my grasp of science it way off,

and my phone is actually powered by pixie dust.

Glenn

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second best time is right now.
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Posted: 07:21am Boppa

14 Jun 2018 Guru
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https://www.cyborgarts.com/

I call BS

His partner claims that her equipment can not only pick
up an earthquake happening anywhere on earth
(through her feet as sensors) but can even pick up
moon quakes as well!!!

Oh really???

Posted: 08:50am Trevorc

14 Jun 2018 Newbie
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My Science Teacher told me not to believe anything

unless it is proven to me!

Ho Hum.

Posted: 09:25am Boppa

14 Jun 2018 Guru
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I have seen real experiments where they were

connecting data from cameras into probes inserted into
the vision centers of the brain for blind people, sounds
like this guy as heard of these and 'maybe' got some
implants done by a dodgy doc, but his descriptions of
their capabilities sound rather um... exaggerated
Hey you get people doing all sorts of weird stuff to their
bodies in the name of art- I have seen a girl with a
forked 'snake tongue' in person and heard of a lot
weirder, this guy seems to have a cyborg fetish,
whatever floats ya boat....

But yeah, I seriously doubt his and his partners claims,

to put it mildly

Posted: 09:29am Grogster

14 Jun 2018 Admin Group
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I'm sure it is just as accurate as the free energy

devices all over You Tube.....

Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out,

it stops!

Posted: 09:30am Revlac

14 Jun 2018 Guru
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By the description it would be like strapping a mobile

phone to ya skull and have it set to vibrate,
That would annoy the sh#t out of me, I don't even like
to carry the thing around.

To have such a thing implanted?, Prone to infections?

I reckon its BS as well.

Just about anything these days can be called art.

Ya beat me to it Edited by Revlac 2018-06-15

Cheers Aaron
Off The Grid

Posted: 09:23am ryanm

15 Jun 2018 Senior
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A lot of real technologies used.

Bone conduction speakers have been around for

decades. They've been used in hearing aids for quite a
while as I understand it. You can even buy cheap
consumer models now that rest on your skin against
your skull near your ears. Sound travels through your
bone to your ear and you can clearly hear music or
speech, but someone a few centimetres away cannot.

If he was using a primary lithium battery I don't see why

it couldn't be fit on his little bobble and get a few days
to weeks lifetime. It's crazy how low power things can
get now and specially made primary batteries blow
rechargeables out of the water if you've got enough
money to keep buying them.

IR and UV spectrometers are very small and now

(although definitely not in 2004) cheap. No reason you
couldn't have them interpret wavelength of non-visible
light and generate a frequency in the audible range as
an indicator via the bone conduction speaker.

Patients that have to have frequent IV medicine or

internal prosthetics can have some sort of "easy
access panel" (for lack of a better term) put in I believe.
I'm sure there is a risk of infection (as with any skin
penetration), but obviously it's manageable.

Using 2018 technology I don't see why his gismo isn't

possible for a very experienced and dedicated
engineer. There are people who make hand prototypes
with 0201 passives and smaller. Watching a youtube
video doesn't give you any idea how small and hard
that is in real life because they have to have it under
heavy magnification just so you can make out the
parts. Even the weird tooth thing is very possible, just
think of how small the electronics including batteries
are in a set of modern bluetooth earphones that can
stream HD music for 6 hours.

I just wanted to point out that a lot of this stuff is

perfectly possible with today's technology, but all that
said it is my professional opinion that this bloke is
crazy. Running down the street without pants crazy....

When 'magents' is a single word answer just walk away

then, never ends well. There are even too many other
just insane things to bother debunking.

Posted: 11:23pm Warpspeed

23 Jun 2018 Guru
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One successful implant technology is the Australian

invented cochlear implant that enables completely deaf
people to hear. And its been used successfully for a
very long time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant

Cheers, �Tony.

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