Remember This

Think back to high school history or science tests. Remember your classmates who only studied for an hour, but still managed to regurgitate all the information because of their "photographic memory"? Chances are they didn't actually have this type of memory, but our subject for today, Stephen Wiltshire, most certainly does.

He is an autistic savant who has earned the nickname "the living camera". At the age of 11 he drew a perfect aerial representation of London, England after a single helicopter ride. His accuracy was uncanny. This exemplifies the full, yet rarely seen, potential of the human brain. The video below shows Stephen Wiltshire doing what he does best:

Awareness Test

Before you read what's below, do the test in the following video, and pay close attention!

This is a recent commercial part of the London Transport ad campaign, aimed at reducing the number of cyclists that are hurt on roads. It is quite an interesting test, and really goes to show that human perception is not as dependable as we'd like to think. Only a portion of what you see actually enters your consciousness. From a legal standpoint, this test questions the reliability of eye-witness testimonies.