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Bionic Retinas Give Patients Sight

Posted by chrisd on from the implants-don't-poop-as-much-as-seeing-eye-dogs dept.

The Noof writes " Yahoo News is running a story about patients who have been given partial sight thanks to implants of silicon-based bionic retinas. " The article notes that the implant is having a "rescue effect" on the other components of the retina, restoring cells around the implant and making them useful again." Amazing stuff.

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  1. Hello? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Six Million Dollar Man is off-topic?

    Robocop is off-topic?

    Beam me up! I yield back these bionic eyes for a pair of bifocals.

  2. Now for the opposite... by da+cog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Okay, so we can now fix our retinas' ability to receive light. That's all fine and dandy, but what I want to know is: How long until we have the technology to send light back out?

    I want implants in my eyes that let me shoot laser beams at people!

    Is having my own little Stare o' Death too much to ask for?

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    Snarkiness is inversely proportional to wisdom because it emphasizes feeling right rather than being right.
  3. Mods doing ....mysterious....things by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let's mod up people with decent karma who post things in case of "slashdotting" and mod down people with low karma that do the same exact thing. Right.

  4. Re:Uh Oh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So is your humor.

  5. Re:and rush has the bionic ear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please. Shiva the Destroyer is the one true god. Change is good.