Sensory substitution"--mapping information from one sense to another--has been one of neuroscience's most underground research areas for decades. Recently, it has been truly enabled by inexpensive computing power and compact energy storage. In this talk, I will cover my PhD work on the topic and how it has enabled not just providing people with preexisting senses, but entirely new senses.
Great Scott" / Scott Novich is Co-Founder and CTO at NeoSensory, Inc.-- a wearable technology startup that gives people new senses. It is a spin-off of his PhD research with his co-founder, Chief Science Officer, and former neuroscientist PhD advisor,, Dr. David Eagleman.