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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.01,0:00:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I was born with a rare visual condition
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.19,0:00:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called achromatopsia, which is total color blindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.90,0:00:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I've never seen color,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.77,0:00:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't know what color looks like,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.30,0:00:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I come from a grayscale world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.27,0:00:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, the sky is always gray,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.93,0:00:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flowers are always gray,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.78,0:00:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and television is still in black and white.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.99,0:00:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, since the age of 21,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.28,0:00:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of seeing color, I can hear color.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.41,0:00:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2003, I started a project
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.38,0:00:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with computer scientist Adam Montandon,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.07,0:00:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the result, with further collaborations
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.24,0:00:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Peter Kese from Slovenia
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.09,0:00:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Matias Lizana from Barcelona,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.12,0:00:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this electronic eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.48,0:00:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a color sensor that detects
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.84,0:00:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the color frequency in front of me — (Frequency sounds) —
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.42,0:00:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sends this frequency to a chip installed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.78,0:00:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the back of my head, and I hear the color in front of me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.77,0:00:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the bone, through bone conduction.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.66,0:01:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Frequency sounds) So, for example, if I have, like —
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.72,0:01:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the sound of purple. (Frequency sounds)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.69,0:01:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, this is the sound of grass. (Frequency sounds)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.11,0:01:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is red, like TED. (Frequency sounds)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.23,0:01:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the sound of a dirty sock. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.60,0:01:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is like yellow, this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.48,0:01:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've been hearing color all the time for eight years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.54,0:01:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since 2004, so I find it completely normal now
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.17,0:01:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hear color all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.65,0:01:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the start, though, I had to memorize the names you give
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.02,0:01:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for each color, so I had to memorize the notes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.43,0:01:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but after some time, all this information
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.37,0:01:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became a perception.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.36,0:01:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have to think about the notes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.12,0:01:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after some time, this perception became a feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.74,0:01:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to have favorite colors,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.75,0:01:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started to dream in colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.52,0:01:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I started to dream in color is when I felt
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.80,0:01:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the software and my brain had united,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.69,0:02:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in my dreams, it was my brain creating
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.64,0:02:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,electronic sounds. It wasn't the software,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.00,0:02:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that's when I started to feel like a cyborg.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.52,0:02:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's when I started to feel that the cybernetic device
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.57,0:02:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was no longer a device.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.76,0:02:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had become a part of my body,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.18,0:02:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an extension of my senses,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.64,0:02:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after some time, it even became a part
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.27,0:02:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my official image.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.80,0:02:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my passport from 2004.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.14,0:02:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not allowed to appear on U.K. passports
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.23,0:02:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with electronic equipment, but I insisted
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.04,0:02:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the passport office that what they were seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.44,0:02:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was actually a new part of my body,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.94,0:02:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an extension of my brain, and they finally accepted me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.46,0:02:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to appear with the passport photo.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.97,0:02:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, life has changed dramatically since I hear color,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.43,0:02:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because color is almost everywhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.02,0:02:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the biggest change for example is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.90,0:02:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to an art gallery, I can listen to a Picasso,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.44,0:03:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example. So it's like I'm going to a concert hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.29,0:03:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I can listen to the paintings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.50,0:03:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And supermarkets, I find this is very shocking,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.97,0:03:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very, very attractive to walk along a supermarket.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.92,0:03:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like going to a nightclub.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.40,0:03:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's full of different melodies. (Laughter) Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.66,0:03:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially the aisle with cleaning products.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.74,0:03:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just fabulous. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.09,0:03:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, the way I dress has changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.56,0:03:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before, I used to dress in a way that it looked good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.97,0:03:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I dress in a way that it sounds good. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.54,0:03:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.67,0:03:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today I'm dressed in C major,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.18,0:03:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's quite a happy chord. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.49,0:03:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had to go to a funeral, though,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.37,0:03:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would dress in B minor, which would be
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.93,0:03:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turquoise, purple and orange. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.69,0:03:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, food, the way I look at food has changed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.04,0:03:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now I can display the food on a plate,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.49,0:04:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can eat my favorite song. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.44,0:04:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So depending on how I display it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.67,0:04:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can hear and I can compose music with food.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.42,0:04:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So imagine a restaurant where we can have, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.15,0:04:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lady Gaga salads as starters. (Laughter) I mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.13,0:04:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this would get teenagers to eat their vegetables, probably.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.15,0:04:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also, some Rachmaninov piano concertos
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.59,0:04:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as main dishes, and some Bjork or Madonna desserts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.82,0:04:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would be a very exciting restaurant
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.93,0:04:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can actually eat songs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.69,0:04:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, the way I perceive beauty has changed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.14,0:04:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when I look at someone, I hear their face,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.82,0:04:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so someone might look very beautiful but sound terrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.82,0:04:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) And it might happen the opposite,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.58,0:04:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other way around. So I really enjoy creating, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.83,0:04:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sound portraits of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.56,0:04:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of drawing someone's face, like drawing the shape,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.20,0:04:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I point at them with the eye and I write down
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.63,0:04:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the different notes I hear, and then I create sound portraits.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.90,0:04:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's some faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.64,0:05:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Musical chords)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.17,0:05:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, Nicole Kidman sounds good. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.60,0:05:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people, I would never relate, but they sound similar.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.65,0:05:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prince Charles has some similarities with Nicole Kidman.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.45,0:05:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have similar sound of eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.58,0:05:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you relate people that you wouldn't relate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.63,0:05:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can actually also create concerts
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.15,0:05:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by looking at the audience faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.79,0:05:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I connect the eye, and then I play the audience's faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.88,0:05:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good thing about this is,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.39,0:05:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the concert doesn't sound good, it's their fault.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.35,0:05:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not my fault, because — (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.62,0:05:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so another thing that happens is that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.93,0:05:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started having this secondary effect
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.81,0:05:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that normal sounds started to become color.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.14,0:05:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard a telephone tone, and it felt green
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.90,0:05:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it sounded just like the color green.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.22,0:06:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The BBC beeps, they sound turquoise,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.52,0:06:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and listening to Mozart became a yellow experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.65,0:06:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I started to paint music and paint people's voices,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.41,0:06:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people's voices have frequencies
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.35,0:06:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I relate to color.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.90,0:06:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's some music translated into color.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.02,0:06:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, Mozart, "Queen of the Night," looks like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.22,0:06:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music) Very yellow and very colorful,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.03,0:06:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's many different frequencies.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.22,0:06:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.14,0:06:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a completely different song.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.46,0:06:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music) It's Justin Bieber's "Baby." (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.39,0:06:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.12,0:06:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very pink and very yellow.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.69,0:06:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, also voices, I can transform speeches into color,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.86,0:06:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, these are two very well-known speeches.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.40,0:06:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of them is Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.14,0:06:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other one is Hitler.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.59,0:07:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I like to exhibit these paintings in the exhibition halls
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.06,0:07:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without labels, and then I ask people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.64,0:07:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Which one do you prefer?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.49,0:07:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most people change their preference
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.75,0:07:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I tell them that the one on the left is Hitler
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.66,0:07:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the one on the right is Martin Luther King.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.78,0:07:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I got to a point when I was able to perceive 360 colors,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.52,0:07:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like human vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.11,0:07:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to differentiate all the degrees of the color wheel.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.70,0:07:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, I just thought that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.78,0:07:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this human vision wasn't good enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.02,0:07:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's many, many more colors around us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.24,0:07:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we cannot perceive,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.07,0:07:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that electronic eyes can perceive.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.83,0:07:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I decided to continue extending my color senses,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.56,0:07:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I added infrared and I added ultraviolet
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.81,0:07:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the color-to-sound scale, so now I can hear colors
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.16,0:07:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the human eye cannot perceive.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.39,0:07:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, perceiving infrared is good because you can
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.84,0:07:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually detect if there's movement detectors in a room.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.90,0:08:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can hear if someone points at me with a remote control.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.36,0:08:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the good thing about perceiving ultraviolet is that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.51,0:08:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can hear if it's a good day or a bad day to sunbathe,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.47,0:08:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because ultraviolet is a dangerous color,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.63,0:08:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a color that can actually kill us, so I think we should all have this wish
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.61,0:08:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to perceive things that we cannot perceive.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.57,0:08:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why, two years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.31,0:08:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I created the Cyborg Foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.99,0:08:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a foundation that tries to help people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.43,0:08:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become a cyborg, tries to encourage people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.13,0:08:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to extend their senses
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.51,0:08:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by using technology as part of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.58,0:08:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should all think that knowledge comes from our senses,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.48,0:08:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if we extend our senses,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.46,0:08:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will consequently extend our knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.54,0:08:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think life will be much more exciting
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.34,0:08:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we stop creating applications for mobile phones
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.56,0:08:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we start creating applications for our own body.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.96,0:08:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this will be a big, big change
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.78,0:08:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we will see during this century.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.86,0:08:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I do encourage you all to think about which senses
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.77,0:09:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd like to extend.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.19,0:09:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would encourage you to become a cyborg.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.36,0:09:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You won't be alone. Thank you. (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.01,0:09:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)