“Cyborg: a person whose body contains mechanical or electrical devices and whose abilities are greater than the abilities of normal humans” (Merriam-Webster).
Neil Harbisson, self-proclaimed cyborg is standing on the platform at the TED Global Conference 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland in quite a colorful ensemble with something that looks like a microphone attached to his head. This immediately captures my attention and I start wondering where this is going to go. Harbisson is both human and machine. He was born with a rare optical condition called achromatopsia, which means he is completely color blind. He has never seen color and his world is in grayscale. He immediately captured our attention visually and making a declaration that he can hear color, definitely draw the audience in immediately. He reviews the how and why, which are the two main points to declare. I would definitely give him a 10 for originality, importance and how he conveyed his message. …show more content…
They placed a chip in the back of his head, when the electronic eye sensor on top of his head pics up a frequency, it then sends that to the chip in his head, which then allows him to hear the distinct sound of that particular color. The general purpose of this speech was to entertain, to persuade and to inform, which is why I would give the body of his speech a 10. When creating a speech that everyone can identify with and understand regardless of the type of auditory speech they learn best from, is