NASA Technology Could Lead To Artificial Retinas

NewtonsLaw writes "In this story it is reported that NASA has been working on technologies that could be used to restore the site of people with damaged retinas. It seems that they've developed some highly light-sensitive oxides that could be used in conjunction with "space-aged ceramics" to create an overlay that would be placed in the back of the eye and wired to the optic nerve. Science fiction becoming science-fact?"