Cortical Cybernetic Implants

Floody writes "Wired is running a story with amazing cyberpunk "wow factor." Implanted visual cortex stimulation, complete with "percutaneous pedestal"; a metal jack installed directly into the skull. Where can I get a night vision enhancement module for this with HUD and distance finder?" We've posted a couple of previous stories about Dobelle and his work on bionic eyes, but this one has more details: one frame per second, $100,000. Wow.

Comments

Re:FPS value is wrong.

[Elledan]

They started at 1 FPS to allow the patient to adjust. After that the FPS (the number of stimulations of the visual cortex per second) was increased.

You simply misread the article :)

Re:Overrated

[Peyna]

The technology using the damaged retina seems much more promising in the short term

Isn't the problem with people who are born blind that they are missing some key things that would make that possible? I might be wrong about that. Of course, I wonder if sight is as important to someone who has never seen as it is to someone who used to be able to see and then lose their sight for one reason or another? Any blind /. readers care to share?

I had to..

[photon317]

Dude, Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these!