How a Color-Blind Artist Became the World's First Cyborg

Artist Neil Harbisson wears an antenna that allows him to "hear" color through vibrations in his skull. From prosthetics to pharmaceuticals, humans have been using technology to alter their physical and mental capabilities for thousands of years. Now, with our rapid advances in technology, some people are embracing human augmentation as a means of expressing themselves and experiencing the world in a totally different way. Neil Harbisson, 33, is one of these people. The artist was born with achromatopsia, or complete color-blindness.