MORE SENSES: Eagleman showing a computer readout as he wears a VEST tailored to expand the range of human senses by translating information into vibrations sent into the backs of wearers during a TED gathering.
VANCOUVER: Neuroscientist David Eagleman hopes that one day a special piece of clothing he has designed will let the deaf "hear" and allow wearers to sense what is happening online without looking at a computer.
Eagleman's so-called VEST, whose name comes from the futuristic-sounding "variable extra-sensory transducer," is a sleeveless top equipped with vibrating nodes that buzz information onto the wearer's back, essentially giving the wearer a new source of information.
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