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Ophthalmologists, Physicists Design Bionic Eye
InfallibleLies writes "For the first time ever, those who have been blind since birth will have a chance to see the world. It's still in the early stages, but this is a giant leap forward in medical science." From the linked BBC article:
"U.S scientists have designed a bionic eye to allow blind people to see again. It comprises a computer chip that sits in the back of the individual's eye, linked up to a mini video camera built into glasses that they wear. Images captured by the camera are beamed to the chip, which translates them into impulses that the brain can interpret."
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da...
See close-up view of its license plate.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Certainly I hope it doesn't run windows... we don't want the blind people to see only a blue screen all the time, right?
Seriously though, I am impressed at this technology. ; I didn't think it was possible to do surgery precisely enough to connect into the optic nerve.
So, how long until someone is able to boot linux on it? >_>
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> Who this will benefit are people who have went blind at some point during their adult life due to injury, glaucoma, diabetes (yes, it can make you go blind), drinking too much rubbing alcohol, or something similar.
You forgot masturbation.
I'm not so sure that people bling from birth will benefit ...
I think they will. After all, the rich keep gettin' richer, and the poor keep gettin' poorer.
It's not made into a stylish visor.
How do we expect Star Trek to hold any weight if we do an end run around the technology!
I'm sure that Puffy has a lot of little brats running about the mansions bedecked in bling.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
I wonder if it will make that cool boopity sound like Steve Austin's Six Million Dollar eye did?
[For the record--I have no idea WTF that music is in that sound byte!]
I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
Apparently you don't see to well.
Your bionic eye may need a firmware update.
I'll bet you win at Balderdash all the time.
Wow! Finally my entire world will look just like the good old Atari 2600!
That's not a duck... it's a dragon!
Sometimes my arms bend back.
The US RDA (diet guideline) says you need 15 mg per day. Wikipedia says you lose 5 mg each time you abuse yourself. So, at a rate of 3 squirts/day, you'll have no zinc left for your eyes. You'll go blind, just like your momma told you.
What next, to be able to use your infra-red eye as a TV remote?
Now a good excuse/reason to tell the girls
:-)
"Have you had your zinc supplement today?"
3 rations sounds good, morning, evening, late evening.
Liberty freedom are no1, not dicks in suits.
Just another reason to swallow.
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They'll complain until the iBall manufacturer concedes and installs in each iBall a sort of advanced Foxblocker that blanks from your vision anything that Michael Moore would not want you to see.
Ted Kennedy's rummy nose? Look while you can.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Now the world has gone to bed.
Darkness wont engulf my head.
I can see by infrared.
How I hate the night.
Now I lay me down to sleep.
Try to count electric sheep.
Sweet dream wishes you can keep.
How I hate the night.
- Marvin the Paranoid Android.
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Hardly. TV remotes send infrared signals, but eyes receive them. So really, this is a major step-forward to having remote controlled people.
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...what causes the hair to grow in your palms?
The first upgrade in Rouge agent would be Covergirl or possibly Lancome.
I'm not so sure that people bling from birth will benefit from any such device.
Bling from birth?! That's the shit fer shizzle, ma nizzle!
Disconnect your television. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions. They're probably lying. Don't be a sheep.
It takes you to a star trek site
"Certainly I hope it doesn't run windows... we don't want the blind people to see only a blue screen all the time, right?"
A million Slashdotters called, they want their joke back.
"Derp de derp."
ps. if a baby was born blind, and this was an option for the baby to see (before the developmental limitation on vision), wouldn't you want the bionic baby in your home?
19 year old son talking to his father.
"hey son, quit looking through those girls clothes!"
"yes dad...."
"So, son?..."
"ya?"
"They lookin' good under there or what?"
Check journal for info on Anti-TextBook, an idea by me.
Great! Now my tinfoil glasses product might finally take off!