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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