• HomeSweet home
  • Writingby David Eagleman
    • LivewiredThe Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
    • The Runaway SpeciesHow Human Creativity Remakes the World
    • Brain and BehaviorA Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
    • The BrainThe Story of You
    • IncognitoThe Secret Lives of the Brain
    • SUMForty Tales from the Afterlives
    • Wednesday is Indigo BlueDiscovering the Brain of Synesthesia
    • The Safety NetSurviving Pandemics and Other Disasters
    • Other WritingEssays and articles
    • Scientific Publications
  • ResearchDavid's Neuroscience
    • Time perception
    • Synesthesia
    • Neurolaw
    • Deep brain recording
    • Sensory Substitution
    • Antiphospholipid Syndrome
    • Other projects
  • BlogLatest Ideas
  • ScheduleWhere to catch David
  • ContactReach Us

My TED talk: Can we create new senses for humans? Featured

Can we create new senses for humans? Can we create new senses for humans? Bret Hartman

At TED I had the opportunity to address an issue close to my heart: can we marry our technology to our biology to expand what it means to be a human?  If you're interested in more on this topic, see my new company NeoSensory, or read a short essay I wrote called "The Umwelt".

  • Social sharing:
  • Add to Google Buzz
  • Add to Facebook
  • Add to Delicious
  • Digg this
  • Add to StumbleUpon
  • Add to Technorati
  • Add to Reddit
  • Add to MySpace
  • Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Tagged under
  • VEST
  • Sensory substitution
  • TED

Related items

  • NeoSensory and the science of sensory substitution
More in this category: Perception on TNT »
back to top

Follow David on Instagram Follow David on Tumblr Follow David on Twitter Follow David on Facebook

From the Blog

  • Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization
    Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization

    Watch a talk I gave at the Long Now Foundation about my hopes that the advent of the internet will mitigate threats that brought down previous civilizations.

  • British musician Jarvis Cocker reads from Sum
    British musician Jarvis Cocker reads from Sum

    Hear British rocker Jarvis Cocker read the short story "Descent of Species" from Sum.

  • The Mystery of Expertise
    The Mystery of Expertise

    To the extent that consciousness is useful, it is useful in small quantities, and for very particular kinds of tasks. It's easy to understand why you would not want to be consciously aware of the intricacies of your muscle movement, but this can be less intuitive when applied to your perceptions, thoughts, and beliefs, which are also final products of…

  • Kernel's Quest to Enhance Human Intelligence
    Kernel's Quest to Enhance Human Intelligence

    I'm a scientific advisor for Kernel, and I think Bryan Johnson is one of the most future-leaning guys I know.

In other news...

Synesthesia book wins the Montaigne Medal

Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia has been awarded the Montaigne Medal, Eric Hoffer Award for Books.
synesthesia

Guggenheim Fellowship

David has been named a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. He will use the fellowship opportunity to pursue the genetics and neuroimaging of synesthesia.

 

New Scientist time story

New Scientist magazine features David Eagleman's time perception research as their cover story.newscicover2

brain paperback UK
Amazon

Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
DVD
Incognito Cover Eagleman
Amazon

Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
SumBestSeller
Amazon

Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
Cover Cytowic Eagleman
Amazon

Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
TheSafetyNetsmall
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
CogNeuroTextbook
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
Runaway Species Hardcover
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
Livewired Canongate sm2
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
IndieBound

 
CSS Valid | XHTML Valid | Top | + | - | reset | RTL | LTR
Copyright © Youretro 2021 All rights reserved. Custom Design by Youjoomla.com
YJSimpleGrid Joomla! Templates Framework official website
Blog