Amber Maimon, PhD

Neurotechnology & human–computer interaction researcher

Media


Interviews & broadcasts

Supersenses. An introduction to sensory substitution and augmentation from Reichman University. Watch my interview excerpt.

Do Supersenses Exist? · ScienceStuff, with Jorge Cham · January 2026. A conversation about extending perception and sensory augmentation. Listen to the episode.

Engineering the Senses / להנדס את החושים · The Future Is Already Here, KAN 11 · 2022. The second season’s opening episode visits Amir Amedi’s lab and the team’s work on sensory substitution. About the episode.

Press & features

2026 · The new era of sensory augmentation

An interview with Logan Kugler for Communications of the ACM about how technology can extend human perception. Read the feature.

2024 · Hearing temperature

Our research on perceiving temperature through sound, co-led with Mohr Wenger. Original Reichman University press release · Neuroscience News · SciTechDaily · Popular Mechanics · Research paper.

2024 · Making body signals perceptible

Coverage of our work on interoception through sensory feedback: Breathing visualization — SciTechDaily / Reichman University · Heartbeat feedback — Medical Xpress / Reichman University.

2023 · TopoSpeech

Our work on conveying spatial information through sound was featured in ISRAEL21c’s overview of technologies for vision and accessibility. Read the coverage.

2022 · Reprogramming the senses

Simona Shemer visited the lab and spoke with Iddo Wald, Amir Amedi, and me about sensory substitution and multisensory experiences. NoCamels feature.

Community & mentions

NeuroHCI at CHI 2026. I co-organized the NeuroHCI meetup with Iddo Wald and colleagues across neuroscience and HCI. Meetup · University of Chicago Human Computer Integration Lab’s conference report.

Sensory augmentation in the community. Peter Meijer’s discussion of our ThermalWave work: Read the post.

Heartbeat feedback, from a collaborator’s perspective. Olga Dobrushina introduces our joint study and the team’s work on sensory feedback. Olga’s post.

GuestXR across labs. The Ivcher Institute shared our participation in the consortium’s 2023 meeting in Rennes. Institute’s post.

Science for younger readers. With Amir Amedi, I wrote Can We Combine Senses to Create New “Super Senses” and Abilities? for Frontiers for Young Minds (2022). Read the article.

More updates and conversations on LinkedIn

Mindtrek 2026 · Mindbender Award. Our collective paper Exploring the Media Multiverse in 2084 received the conference’s award for a novel, creative, and inspiring contribution. University award announcement · Paper.