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Microchip Eye Implant Promises To Restore Sight

Posted by timothy on from the will-soon-outnumber-regular-eyes dept.

Anguirel writes "The BBC is reporting that a microchip implanted in the eye could restore sight. The chip has already been tested in some animals and seems to work. Researchers hope to begin tests in humans in 3 years. Present generation is fairly limited in scope, but this could pave the way for cybereyes in the future." A search for retina shows some of the other research going on in this field, too.

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  1. A little optimistic by QuantumG · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, you would have figured they'd at least try making a visor first.

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  2. Shades (pardon the pun) of Dune by Spock+the+Baptist · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tleilax eyes eh?

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  3. Screw the blind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    When are they gonna make me those telescope/night vision/x-ray eyes I ordered last month?

  4. implanted ads? by wattersa · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great, so the next big thing will be ad-supported bionic eyes. ("well, these people couldn't otherwise afford the procedure, so we have to recoup our development costs somewhere...") Instead of having popups block your screen, you can, frome time to time, have valuable product offers seamlessly integrated with your visual input! A nationwide increase in car crashes ensues...