Achromatopsia

Achromatopsia

Achromatopsia is a rare condition that results in complete color blindness, occurring once in every 10,000,000 males or 10,000,000 females. It is also known as rod monochromacy, which is an exceedingly rare, nonprogressive inability to distinguish any colors as a result of absent or nonfunctioning retinal cones. In this condition, there is an absence of cones and poor visual acuity.From: Graphics for Statistics and Data Analysis with R [2019], The Right Light [2019], Ergonomics in Design Methods & Techniques [2016]

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Published in Marcelo M. Soares, Francisco Rebelo, Ergonomics in Design Methods & Techniques, 2016

Cristina Pinheiro, Fernando Moreira da Silva

Achromatopsia is extremely rare occurring only in approximately 1 person in 33,000 and its symptoms can make life very difficult. In achromatopsia (sometimes called rod monochromacy), there is an absence of cones and poor visual acuity. Because an achromatic vision depends entirely on rods, it works better in low light levels, and in peripheral vision. Usually someone with achromatopsia will need to wear dark glasses indoors in normal light conditions. Achromatic congenital people perceive black, white, and shades of gray, but do not understand the concept of color. People with cerebral achromatopsia see in shades of gray, but because they already had color vision, can perceive the absence of color.

Senses, experiences, emotions, memories: artificial intelligence as a design instead of for a design in contemporary Japan

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Published in Intelligent Buildings International, 2022

Danyal Ahmed

If on the one hand McLuhan considers technology as an extension – specifically physicalized as detached – from the human body, Neil Harbisson on the other considers technology as an extension of himself but the one that exists right in his very own body. Harbisson is an officially declared ‘Cyborg’ (a union of cybernetics and organisms) with an implanted electronic device that helps him overcoming total color blindness called achromatopsia through the conversion of the sense of sight (color detection) to the sense of hearing thus utilizing artificial senses consequently resulting in the extension of knowledge (Cyborg Foundation 2019; Harbisson 2012; Max 2017) (Figure 1).

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