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I know some people may have heard of this but I haven't until today. This boy uses echolocation to see. Completely blind since the age of 3 he is the only known personin the world to be known to do this:

Full Story (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/06/eveningnews/main1977730.shtml)

I'm just impressed with this kid.

This kid's a fucking genius. If my mom saw this, she'd want to adopt him.

Damn! I was so sure that this thread was going to be about the real batboy:
http://searchviews.com/archives/batboy.jpg

Incidently, someone should tell CBS the difference between 'sight' and 'site':
He says he lost his site two weeks before his third birthday.
unless of course they're refering to a webpage he had set up as a toddler which crashed a fortnight before his 3rd b'day.

Once again Weekly World News, the nation's newspaper of record, scoops every other news source. They knew about bat boy years before.

:eep: Wow! I am amazed!

I wish I could see through echolocation :(

I bet he would get annoyed pretty quickly if you started clicking your pen...

I've seen other people do this, does he use a clicking thing?

He makes the clicking sound by clicking his toungue and lets the sound travel. He uses the echoes of the sound to see.

He makes the clicking sound by clicking his toungue and lets the sound travel. He uses the echoes of the sound to see.

He must be really annoying to be around.

He makes the clicking sound by clicking his toungue and lets the sound travel. He uses the echoes of the sound to see.

Oh, the people I saw(on a docu.) used small, plastic devices that made a loud clicking noise. They weren't as agile as this guy but they could walk around without a dog and avoid most urban obstacles.

I bet I could fuck him up good by shaking a sheet of mylar. :)

Oh, the people I saw(on a docu.) used small, plastic devices that made a loud clicking noise. They weren't as agile as this guy but they could walk around without a dog and avoid most urban obstacles.

In a sad sort of way, it would incredibly amusing to drive real close to this guy, and start honking your horn while someone else stands in front of him with a foghorn......lol

Yeah, most blind people are able to locate where sounds are coming from. Picking out echos specifically is probably a bitch though.

Damn! I was so sure that this thread was going to be about the real batboy:
http://searchviews.com/archives/batboy.jpg

Incidently, someone should tell CBS the difference between 'sight' and 'site':

unless of course they're refering to a webpage he had set up as a toddler which crashed a fortnight before his 3rd b'day.

Batboy is the greatest thing to ever happen to the world.

Kewl, evidence that the body does compensate.

Oh, the people I saw(on a docu.) used small, plastic devices that made a loud clicking noise. They weren't as agile as this guy but they could walk around without a dog and avoid most urban obstacles.
Several Years ago, there was a story about a pair of glasses developed that does the same thing. tones are fed into the earpeice and the sound emitter/reciever is build into the bridge of the glasses.

You know a few months ago I heard on the BBC about an experiment in Canada, I think, where they had a camera that they hooked to a blind persons tongue with an electro and this would allow the blind person to, after a short time of adjustement, see in black and white.

You know a few months ago I heard on the BBC about an experiment in Canada, I think, where they had a camera that they hooked to a blind persons tongue with an electro and this would allow the blind person to, after a short time of adjustement, see in black and white.

A camera hooked up to their Tongue?

... the image of what he must see while eating... :D

Kewl, evidence that the body does compensate.


Several Years ago, there was a story about a pair of glasses developed that does the same thing. tones are fed into the earpeice and the sound emitter/reciever is build into the bridge of the glasses.
The general tech has been around for ages, but it's still really cool to see it being actually used rather than look what science can do but will never do for the common man!

I bet I could fuck him up good by shaking a sheet of mylar. :)

Don't be mean, Lunatic. That joke was in bad taste. Shame on you.

Also: this guy is a genius. I salute his brilliance. I'd not give him any pity, though. If anything, it'd be envy for his ability to get past his disability so easily.

The general tech has been around for ages, but it's still really cool to see it being actually used rather than look what science can do but will never do for the common man!

the tech has been improved upon, but it's still being used. At one point it was a voice speaking
"object to your left"
object straight ahead"


but this kid is NOT using tech. :D

That's bull. I've read that many people use echolocation. I do wonder how it works though.

That's so cool, I'm so impressed.