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Still More Bionic Eyes

Posted by michael on from the bionic-eyes-are-smiling dept.

jeno writes "An Australian-invented 'bionic eye' device is about to begin human trials. The device consists of a silicon chip inserted into the eye, which is designed to act like a retina -- receiving images captured by a pair of glasses worn by the user."

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  1. Re:radio waves? by Frank+of+Earth · · Score: 2, Informative

    From the article: Tests in animals have been successful, and the team would now like to test the device in a small group of about five people.

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  2. Other Article Mentioned by instinctdesign · · Score: 4, Informative

    The other bionic eye alluded to in the title is this article from Wired and its accompanying Slashdot post. Excellent read if you missed it.

    (And no, I don't need the karma, its stuck on... "yahoo, you're not 100% useless 'round here" or something...) :P

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  3. Re:radio waves? by bhsx · · Score: 3, Informative

    The question was how do we know the animal tests were successful; not whether or not they were. For example, was an other-wise blind dog able to cross a street or handle a maze without 'feeling' his way through, bumping into walls?

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  4. Interesting by mgeneral · · Score: 1, Informative

    Above everything else, the advancements science is making on vision is amazing. However poor that 10x10 image is, in time will get better. Personally, I was more intrigued by this story:
    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.09/vision.ht ml
    where the scientist is actually inserting probes in the brain to stimulate the nuerons that produce the image we need to see with. It sounds as though he is having better success, assuming that the patient was able to drive a car (albeit limited) after the operation. That 10x10 image doesn't leave me feeling that the patient could get in a car and drive, much less distinguish what he's looking at.

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  5. Re:radio waves? by Scaebor · · Score: 2, Informative
    Also, how do they know that animal trials were successful??
    judging by the ultra-low resolution provided by these "eyes," the tests with animals probably consisted of something akin to providing a high-contrast, moving image (for instance a black square moving around a white field) and seeing if the animals responded to it(perhaps by moving their heads to follow the object's movement).
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  6. Better Technology by mactom · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hi,

    We (IMS-CHIPS) work on something similar. But in our case, the pixels/photodiodes are included on the chip, which is implanted. No need for a separate camera. Very simple and elegant.

    Have a look:

    http://134.2.120.19/index_en.html

    http://www.ims-chips.de/home.php3?id=d0822