yep, the experiment was (is) legitimate, at least if the publications in which
i read of it were (are) legitimate.
it was some years back. don't the specific ref(s). sorry.
ken
>Subject: Experiment enquiry
>From: "Warren Foley" wpfoley at attglobal.net>Date: Wed, 27 October 1999 01:52 PM EDT
>Message-id: <38173a31_4 at news1.prserv.net>
>>I am looking for a particular experiment. In this experiment a blind man was
>enabled to have visual images. They hooked a chair to a special camera so
>that the image viewed by the camera would be imprinted on the man's back via
>pins of some sort. I was wondering if anybody would was responsible for this
>experiment and where this experiment was documented. If you do you could let
>me know at wpfoley at ibm.net. Thank you very much,
> Warren Foley