Bionic Eye Could Restore Vision

MattSparkes writes "A new bionic eye could restore vision to the profoundly blind. A prototype was tested on six patients and 'within a few weeks all could detect light, identify objects and even perceive motion again. For one patient, this was the first time he had seen anything in half a century.' The user wears a pair of glasses that contain a miniature camera and that wirelessly transmits video to a cellphone-sized computer in the wearer's pocket. This computer processes the image information and wirelessly transmits it to a tiny electronic receiver implanted in the wearer's head."

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[pete-classic]

SVGA seems a little low resolution wise

I'm talking completely out of my ass here, but I'm pretty sure that isn't how the eye works.

My (limited) understanding is that the "resolution" of the eye is very low, but the "framerate" is extremely high, and is backed up by special purpose hardware that is able to "stitch" lots of low-rez frames into a high-rez view in near-real time.

-Peter