Daniel Kish: How I use sonar to navigate the world
דניאל קיש: איך אני משתמש בסונאר כדי לנווט בעולם
Daniel Kish expands the perceptual toolbox of both blind and sighted humans by teaching echolocation -- the ability to observe our surroundings via sound. Full bio
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when they removed my left eye.
upon awakening from that last surgery
כשהתעוררתי מהניתוח האחרון
the intensive care nursery,
who did this to me.
your own impressions of blindness.
when I first came onto the stage,
to most of us,
and unawareness,
of the dark unknown.
my parents were not poetic.
ההורים שלי לא היו פואטים.
were but matters of the mind,
and responsibilities as everyone else.
(Laughter) --
(צחוק) --
between love and fear.
in the face of challenge.
would pose a significant challenge.
how do I manage today?
את המקל הארוך והנאמן שלי,
used by most blind people.
departure from the stage. (Laughter)
that every imaginable mishap
שכל תקלה שאפשר לדמיין
up here on the stage.
as I came onto the stage --
את התקתוק שלי כשעליתי לבמה --
from surfaces all around me,
with pieces of information,
in my visual cortex,
באונה הויזואלית שלי,
much as your brain does.
כמו שהמוח שלכם עושה.
through my blindness,
of my own challenges,
as in any way remarkable.
בשום צורה כיוצא דופן.
much like anyone else
of their own challenges.
אני משתמש במוח שלי.
or I wouldn't be up here,
faced a challenge,
let me do a head count.
(Clicking) (Laughter)
(תקתוקים) (צחוק)
to navigate these challenges,
which is what most of us fear, okay?
שמזה רובנו מפחדים, אוקיי?
through these challenges. Okay?
is no help at all.
for just a moment, okay?
a bit of flash sonar.
of me, but I'm not going to move it.
to that same exact sound
(Pitch getting higher and lower)
(הצליל עולה ויורד)
of the dark side.
when you hear the panel start to move.
כשאתם שומעים את הפאנל מתחיל לזוז.
Daniel Kish: Good. Excellent.
דניאל קיש: טוב, מעולה.
(Laughter)
עוורים מעולים. (צחוק)
you guys can see with your eyes
יכולים לראות עם העיניים שלכם
of enjoying it more or less,
DK: Yeah.
ד.ק: כן.
coming back down again.
SM: That's amazing.
אישה: זה מדהים.
אלוהים אדירים!
I wouldn't go back to being sighted.
לא הייתי חוזר להיות רואה.
the more obstacles you'll face,
אתה עומד בפני יותר מכשולים,
and sighted people from all backgrounds
better, more clearly, with less fear,
ברור יותר, עם פחות פחד,
the immense capacity within us all
through any form of darkness,
a spectacular standing ovation at TED.
זה תשואות בעמידה יוצאות דופן ב TED.
your inner world that you construct.
העולם הפנימי שלך שאתה בונה.
that you as a blind person don't have,
בעולמנו שלך כאדם עיוור אין,
behind me as it does in front of me.
מאחורי כמו שהוא עובד לפני.
three-dimensional geometry.
של גאומטריה תלת מימדית מטושטשת.
become an instructor,
after a few months
everything going on throughout the house:
כל מה שקורה בכל הבית:
people in the bathroom,
like having x-ray vision.
that you're in right now?
When people make a sound,
when they take a drink or blow their nose
כשהם שותים או מקנחים את האף
that every single person makes.
of the audience around the stage,
of three-dimensional surface geometry
של גאומטריה של משטחים תלת מימדיים
a spectacular job
in a different way.
DK: Thank you.
ד.ק: תודה לך.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Daniel Kish - Perceptual navigation specialistDaniel Kish expands the perceptual toolbox of both blind and sighted humans by teaching echolocation -- the ability to observe our surroundings via sound.
Why you should listen
When he was 13 months old, Daniel Kish lost both eyes to retinal cancer. Driven by fearless curiosity, he taught himself to navigate by clicking his tongue and listening for echoes -- a method science calls echolocation, and that Kish calls FlashSonar.
In 2000, Kish founded World Access for the Blind as a platform to teach FlashSonar, along with other methods that the blind can use to “see” and that the sighted can use to expand their awareness. Kish and many researchers believe that echolocation produces images similar to sight, and allows the visually impaired to transcend the limited expectations of society.
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