Seen that kid on shows before. it’s amazing what he can do. I still can’t quite figure out how he can play video games. Sure you can hear the characters voices, but it’s gotta be tough trying to figure their position. especially on a fighting game with 360 degree movement.
I think he was the kid who got a pre-release Wii on the Ellen Show. It reminds me of when I was kicking all my friends butts in Bloody Roar, so they made me play underneath a blanket and I still kicked their butts. Bakaryu FTW!!
Okay, This kid is AMAZING, but, like some of you have said, I can’t fathom how he can possibly play a video game, i mean has NO POSSIBLE means of determining his characters spatial relationship with that of the other characters, even taking his auditory senses into consideration! Somebody explain please!
Holy crap!!! He’s just a law degree away from being Matt Murdock. And foosball is hard enough when you can see. Being able to time your strikes by ear??? That’s just outstanding.
I remember seeing something on, I think, Discovery Channel a few years ago about a completely blind guy that had learned echo-location so well, he could ride a bicycle through an obstacle course, and could identify with ease obscure objects after just a few clicks. He was actually teaching young blind kids how to learn this talent.
This is the first time I’ve seen echo-location in action since seeing that show segment all those years ago, and I’m still amazed of what people are capable of when faced with such a huge obstacle as blindness.
There’s an association for blind people learning this skill. I’ve seen them on discovery several times. They’ve even manufactured they’re own clickers so they don’t have to make the sound themselves.
The dude is awesome i mean eko location hes like bataquaman. BTW the VG thing is easy knowing the game you can just imagine it in your head and go from sounds of attacks and if you are hit or not… But then again he went blind at 2….
He has higher cognitive resources available for hearing. When people are unable to see their hearing becomes very much more acute. The very back of our brains (Occipital Lobe) is soly dedicated to sight. It is as though his brain has compensated, the areas of his brain capable of sight are no longer needed and his brain has in essence re-structured itself inorder for him to survive in the world around him.
Some of you saying that it isn’t possible for him to do what he does, I beg to differ, we as sighted people have no experience of what his acute hearing is like. If we were under the same circumstances as him then is is quite possible that we may be able to do the things that he does.
There is also a phenomenon known as “Blindsight” where blind patients cannot consciously see in certain parts of their visual field but still behave as if they are able to see. Those of you interested can see more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight
I also found this article which talks about an MIT researcher being able to re-program a small mammals brain so that the areas for sound were able to deal with visual information, check it out here: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2000/brain.html
Not to be overly critical… But in light of your recent Diary entry, I think you’d better correct that to “cheer.”
Seen that kid on shows before. it’s amazing what he can do. I still can’t quite figure out how he can play video games. Sure you can hear the characters voices, but it’s gotta be tough trying to figure their position. especially on a fighting game with 360 degree movement.
Woah, I never noticed he had no eyes before they spoke of it.
That’s the most awesome thing I’ve ever seen….
WOW….
I think he was the kid who got a pre-release Wii on the Ellen Show. It reminds me of when I was kicking all my friends butts in Bloody Roar, so they made me play underneath a blanket and I still kicked their butts. Bakaryu FTW!!
This guy got a Wii when he went on Ellen a few weeks before it was released.
Okay,
This kid is AMAZING, but, like some of you have said, I can’t fathom how he can possibly play a video game, i mean has NO POSSIBLE means of determining his characters spatial relationship with that of the other characters, even taking his auditory senses into consideration! Somebody explain please!
Holy crap!!! He’s just a law degree away from being Matt Murdock. And foosball is hard enough when you can see. Being able to time your strikes by ear??? That’s just outstanding.
@Steve
It’s Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2. It’s pretty easy to tell what’s going on just from the sounds and dialog in a fight.
That’s an amazing kid and an awesome mom.
I remember seeing something on, I think, Discovery Channel a few years ago about a completely blind guy that had learned echo-location so well, he could ride a bicycle through an obstacle course, and could identify with ease obscure objects after just a few clicks. He was actually teaching young blind kids how to learn this talent.
This is the first time I’ve seen echo-location in action since seeing that show segment all those years ago, and I’m still amazed of what people are capable of when faced with such a huge obstacle as blindness.
I’ve seen this news piece before. But it’s weird that I was just thinking about it, and here you post it.
I have ESP!
There’s an association for blind people learning this skill. I’ve seen them on discovery several times. They’ve even manufactured they’re own clickers so they don’t have to make the sound themselves.
Yeah I have seen a document about blind people who can do that. That is really really cool. shows you how awesome a human body can be
That is a great video, but I’m sorry, I almost lost it when they said the mom’s name. Is her name really Aquanetta? Like the hairspray?
The dude is awesome i mean eko location hes like bataquaman. BTW the VG thing is easy knowing the game you can just imagine it in your head and go from sounds of attacks and if you are hit or not… But then again he went blind at 2….
echo** 2nd language okay
He has higher cognitive resources available for hearing. When people are unable to see their hearing becomes very much more acute. The very back of our brains (Occipital Lobe) is soly dedicated to sight. It is as though his brain has compensated, the areas of his brain capable of sight are no longer needed and his brain has in essence re-structured itself inorder for him to survive in the world around him.
Some of you saying that it isn’t possible for him to do what he does, I beg to differ, we as sighted
people have no experience of what his acute hearing is like. If we were under the same circumstances as him then is is quite possible that we may be able to do the things that he does.
There is also a phenomenon known as “Blindsight” where blind patients cannot consciously see in certain parts of their visual field but still behave as if they are able to see. Those of you interested can see more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight
I also found this article which talks about an MIT researcher being able to re-program a small mammals brain so that the areas for sound were able to deal with visual information, check it out here: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2000/brain.html
A couple more links here:
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=5421
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/966864.stm
12 shades of awesome there.
seeing what he does is really impressive
That’s amazing!
Kind of Daredevil-esque. Neat.
Amazing…
woww hes awesome! hes DareDevil!!!! lol, thats really awesome tho
Dang, that kid and his mom are amazing, he is the real Dare Devil!