Portable sensory substitution system developed by Bach-y-Rita.

Portable sensory substitution system developed by Paul Bach-y-Rita and colleagues (1969).

The BrainPort sensory substitution system.

e-sense project: ball and glove used for colour tracking in the minimal Tactile Vision Sensory Substitution (TVSS) system (February 2008). Photo by Jon Bird.

e-sense project: ball and glove used for colour tracking in the minimal Tactile Vision Sensory Substitution (TVSS) system (February 2008). Photo by Jon Bird.

Sensory substitution system that provides tongue stimulation feedback to help users keep their balance.

The BrainPort sensory substitution system providing feedback to help users with vestibular dysfunction keep their balance.

The Haptic Radar.

The Haptic Radar. Photo by Carson Reynolds.

e-sense project: close up of some of the vibration motors in the vibrotactile array. Photo by Jon Bird.

e-sense project: close up of some of the vibration motors in the vibrotactile array of the minimal TVSS system. Photo by Jon Bird.

Bat Goggles.

Ultrasonic Bat Goggles. Photo by Sunneth S. Attygalle.

The GSR Mouse.

The Galvanic Skin Response Mouse by Christof van Nimwegen and Alex J. Uyttendaele.

Natural Born Cyborgs (2003) by Andy Clark.

Natural Born Cyborgs (2003) by Andy Clark.

Thermal imaging for perceptual enhancement.

Using a thermal imaging camera to enhance the perception of temperature and its associated properties. Perception Enhancement research group, Brunel University, UK.

i-LIMB bionic hand.

i-LIMB bionic hand. Photo by Touch Bionics.

Workshop Position Papers

All the participants in the workshop were asked to submit a two page position paper that outlined how their research addressed one or more of the workshop questions:

All the papers are available to download as a PDF - just click the paper title.

Andy Clark, University of Edinburgh, UK
Thi Bich Doan, Université Panthéon Sorbonne, France
Joerg Fingerhut, Institute of Philosophy/Institute for Advanced Studies of Picture Act and Embodiment, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Tom Froese, Centre for Research in Cognitive Science (COGS), University of Sussex, UK
Sue Hawksley, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
Dorothy Kwek, Johns Hopkins University, US
Christof van Nimwegen, Centre for User Experience Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, K. U. Leuven/IBBT and Alex J. Uyttendaele, Department of Industrial Design User-Centred Engineering Group, Eindhoven University of Technology, Holland
Helena De Preester, Faculty of Fine Arts, University College Ghent and Department of Philosophy and Moral Science, Ghent University, Belgium
Ian Saunders, University of Edinburgh, UK
Frank Schumann, University of Osnabrück, Germany
Jakob Tholander, Mobile Life, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Stokholm University, Sweden
Alex Watterson, CMIS, Brighton University, UK
Danielle Wilde, Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University and CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Australia