The Music of Colour
Until he was eleven years old, Neil Harbisson didn’t know the only shade he could see was grey. He thought his eyes were seeing colours just fine, but that his brain was confusing them somehow. Then Neil was diagnosed with achromatopsia, a very rare vision disorder which affects the sufferer’s ability to perceive colour, particularly in strong light. “It was a bit of a shock,” Neil told the BBC News website. “The doctors said the condition was impossible to cure,...
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