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Stephen Wiltshire draws spellbinding picture after a 20-minute helicopter ride over city

The unbelievably intricate picture was drawn at Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute from Stephen’s memory, with details of every building sketched in to scale.

Landmarks including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building can be seen towering above smaller buildings after just three days in his spellbinding creation.

Invited by top U.S. television network CBS to display his talents to the American public in a new screen appearance this week, Stephen has dumbfounded art lovers around the globe with sketches of Tokyo, Rome and Hong Kong.


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And then some idiots say that computers are more clever than us.....and have more capabilities.
 
When I first saw the picture of him standing there next to the massive drawing, I told myself: "...Eddie Murphy!?"
 
Will he be able to teach his talent and train students to draw with great details?
 
Q:Will he be able to teach his talent and train students to draw with great details?
A:That's nearly impossible because he didn't learn it, it's like a positive brain malfunction.

Q:Are you trying to say what a video camera does isn't more impressive than this guy?
A:A 0/1 scan and print is more impressive than brain system scan and print in such great accuracy?
 
Q:Are you trying to say what a video camera does isn't more impressive than this guy?
A:A 0/1 scan and print is more impressive than brain system scan and print in such great accuracy?

Perhaps its better put as this.
This is very impressive... but ultimately not incredibly useful. Since we have cameras for this.
 
Q:Will he be able to teach his talent and train students to draw with great details?
A:That's nearly impossible because he didn't learn it, it's like a positive brain malfunction.

Q:Are you trying to say what a video camera does isn't more impressive than this guy?
A:A 0/1 scan and print is more impressive than brain system scan and print in such great accuracy?

Yes, yes it is.
 
Reading the article further states that he is unable to communicate with words, so no he couldn't teach anyone what he knows.
 
It is very amazing to see what the human brain is capable of in certain circumstances. I wish we could tap into these powers normally. :(
 
Anyone can achieve this. They just require the right connections in their brains to be made and for us to learn something like this, it would require a ton of practice. Still incredible. The picture looks soo sick.
 
Bumping random coolness that Googlebot was spidering. This is a very cool article still.
 
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