New Bionic Eye Allows the Blind to See Again

A new bionic eye allows the blind to see again! A camera in a pair of glasses sends a wireless signal to an implant inside the eye which sends data back to through the optic nerve to the brain, allowing the blind to see again. Today, people are recieving a 60 electrode implant but now scientists are working on a 1,000 electrode version which may even allow facial recognition

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Science & Technology

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• Bionic eye
• Synthetic eye
• Artificial eye
• Seeing Blind
• Camera implant
• cyborgue
• Technology
• Future
• Medicine

[egocenter]

OKAY, and when can i buy this? primitive question, but quite important. I find everywhere fantastic solutions for blind people, just nobody knows how and when to get it. without a chance to have one it's only a rumour...

[Neoli2300]

@egocenter prototype of 1000 electrode around 2016, commercialisation 2019-early 2020s. Full vision restoration early 2030s.

[guyontheend]

Can we start making terminators soon plz?

[Neoli2300]

@guyontheend i dont see what this has to do with that but we're maybe.. 30 or 40 years off..

[Romeowasbleeding1]

This is fantastic!

Go science!

[AdurianJ]

Science is what makes man powerful

[thejuice411]

@valadynx123 No....

[jjovereats]

@Neoli2300 Low-vision is here via the V oh I see E.

[valadynx123]

Wow! Really really good news. My only question right now is when the patient closes their eyes and fall asleep then they dream, does this device also can see and record the patient's dreams? Just curious.........

[egocenter]

@Neoli2300 thank you for your answer. it's quite a long time even though the project exists since almost 10 years. :( for example BrainPort's relase (wicab inc) was promised for 2010. nothing happened. i see that few people use this system with good results, that's too bad that my daughter isn't belonging to them.

[trunkrailroad]

Skynews is a syndicate news meda of the Sky-net corp. watch out for judgement day

[Vortex42]

Staggering!