Bionic Eyes

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Posted by michael on Friday January 4, 2002 @10:18PM from the six-dollar-man dept.

DNAhelix writes: "From NASA: Bionic Eyes - Using space technology, scientists have developed extraordinary ceramic photocells that could repair malfunctioning human eyes."

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Finally by Xenph · 2002-01-04 22:21 · Score: 3, Funny

After all the years of eye damage from CRT radiation I have a chance to see again :) This will sell well with all the hardcore hackers :)

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1. Re:Finally by Jace+of+Fuse! · 2002-01-04 22:30 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  This will sell well with all the hardcore hackers :)
  
  Hardcore...?
  
  Maybe if there wasn't so much pr0n on the web we wouldn't all be going blind? *heh*
  
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Somehow... by khaladan · 2002-01-04 22:21 · Score: 5, Funny

I think that a large portion of the /. community falls under the "malfunctioning eye" category.
Uhhhh by mESSDan · 2002-01-04 22:27 · Score: 3, Funny

Well, the article is from NASA, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised when aliens contribute to the articles.
Image courtesy A. Ignatiev

Bad grammar aside, anyone know what an Ignatiev is? ;)

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Re:Next generation of glasses ? :) by pen · 2002-01-05 00:22 · Score: 2, Funny
- Seeing through walls (no clipping).
- Autotargeting.
;)
A little Bionic history: by mESSDan · 2002-01-05 01:42 · Score: 4, Funny

First off, don't be fooled by the date on this article. Steve Austin has been testing bionic equipment since his crash at NASA.
My only question for this "new" technology is: Do we still have to listen to that damned "Bionic" noise everytime we focus on something with our bionic eyes? I mean geez, that noise got old fast, not to mention that it makes it hard to be discrete when you're using your bionic vision on the hot chick standing next to you. She hears the noise, looks over at you, sees your bionic chubber and knows what YOU'VE been doing. C'mon NASA, hook us up.
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Space Eyes! by Corgha · 2002-01-05 01:59 · Score: 4, Funny

Using space technology...

"Space technology"? What is this, the 1950's?

"Hey, Space Jimmy, time for your Space Math lesson."
"Spaceriffic!"
"What's space two plus space two?"
"Space four!"
Hey... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-05 02:17 · Score: 1, Funny

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!
Re:Who can afford that? Or when? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-05 05:16 · Score: 1, Funny

But moreover, how much will this cost?

Back in the '70s, you could get a bionic arm, 2 bionic legs & a bionic eye for $6 million.

The problem with them was that they created cheezy sound effects when you used them.