![]() Through his eyes, the world appears in shades of gray. He had been born a biologically compromised human, unable to see in color, as the result of a rare genetic condition called achromatopsia. Harbisson now has extrasensory perception: he can hear colors through his antenna. Through a technological adaptation he has evolved into something else-something beyond a biological human, something beyond nature. Harbisson describes himself as the first “trans-species” person. ![]() That is how Harbisson became the world’s first officially recognized cyborg. Harbisson explained that his antenna was not an accessory, but a part of him-“an extension of his brain”-and anyway, he couldn’t remove it as it had been surgically implanted. Nevertheless, he was told to remove the accessory from his head and resubmit his application. ![]() The regulations didn’t say anything about antennae. No hats, no infant dummies, no tinted glasses.” It should contain “no other people or objects. W HEN NEIL HARBISSON went to renew his UK passport in 2004, there was a problem with the photograph he had provided. ![]()
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