Ep. 7 - Neil Harbisson – The world’s first cyborg explains human renaissance

Humans have experimented for centuries with technologies that boost our performance or supplant deficiencies that prevent us from leading complete lives. Now, latest advances are enabling the emergence of what some consider a new species: cyborgs or augmented beings, that not only incorporate new senses and functions, but use their special abilities to express themselves and their world views in totally new ways. Neil Harbisson, a color-blind artist whose implanted UV-sensitive antenna that allows him to hear colors, is my guest in this surprising episode of The World´s Greatest Challenge.