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The man who hears the Internet
Imagine that you are walking down the street and hear i> the emergence of a new access point nearby WiFi, data rate, encryption mode and the name of the hotspot. All this - without the use of computers. Information is perceived by ear using the new hearing implant Phantom Terrains .
The idea of creating such gadgets came up with Frank Swain (Frank Swain), author of articles for scientific magazine New Scientist, who suffers from progressive hearing loss. He thought, if I have to set a hearing aid, why not turn your own handicap into an advantage? With the familiar sound engineer Daniel Jones (Daniel Jones) he embodied the idea in life and became a "cyborg", which in the auditory system is integrated digital-to-analog converter.
Get information about the surrounding WiFi-hotspots, the receiver in the hearing aid converts it into a sequence of sounds that can be learned over time to decipher and understand as well as we understand human speech.
Number surrounding hotspots passed creaking like a Geiger counter (hotspots right crack in the right ear, and hotspots to the left - the left ear). Network identifiers transmitted musical notes. Most hotspots start with the same score assigned provider British Telecom
For example, here's recording working hotspot made during the walk through the streets of London.
Thus, people with hearing impairments can acquire superpowers.
Source: geektimes.ru/post/244728/
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