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The Human Camera

October 30, 2006

Stephen Wiltshire has become known as the Human Camera for his astonishing ability to draw complex scenes completely from memory after only seeing the subject once. The autistic Brit drew a perfect aerial view of London at age 11, after only one helicopter ride, and it was accurate down to the number of windows on the buildings! In this amazing video, Stephen is taken on a helicopter ride over Rome — a city he has never seen — and then given three days to draw a five-meter (16 feet 5 inches) panoramic mural of the city using nothing but a pencil. You must watch this video to see how accurate and detailed it is — it makes you reevaluate what the human brain is capable of.

Thank you Ron for sending this my way.

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