Boy uses sound to see

Rija Ménagé

• 1 min read

Is he going to be the real-world DareDevil, or one of a mutated (with superpower) form of human being ;-)

Life is really amazing.

Boy uses sound to see: "David Pescovitz:
People magazine profiles Ben Underwood, a blind 14-year-old who apparently uses echolocation to 'see.' Ben, sightless since the age of 3, makes loud clicking noises with his tongue and then listens for the echo. According to the article, he can not only detect distance but sometimes the material of an object based on how soft, dense, or sharp the echo is.

Link to People, More on human echolocation here and here

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(Via Boing Boing.)