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Aussie Government Offers $40M To Build a Bionic Eye

Posted by timothy on from the the-6-million-dollar-man-should-cash-in dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Australian Government is keen to replicate the success of the Cochlear Implant (bionic ear) by throwing AU$50M (US$40M) of funding at the development of a bionic eye. Bionic eyes have been trialed with some success in the UK — with recipients able to detect senses of shape and space, but very little detail."

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  1. As predicted by JoCo by JCSoRocks · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll see her standing by the monorail
    She'll look the same except for bionic eyes
    She lost the real ones in the robot wars
    I'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your fault
    Or is it?
    She'll eye me suspiciously
    Hearing the whir of the servos inside
    And she'll scream and try to run
    But there's nowhere she can hide
    When a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride

    Well it's gonna be the future soon
    And I won't always be this way
    When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away
    It's gonna be the future soon
    I've never seen it quite so clear
    And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here

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  2. Re:Wrong Approach? by TypoNAM · · Score: 4, Funny
    I figured it out!
    1. Create bionic eye
    2. patent bionic eye
    3. Stab peoples' eyes out at random!
    4. PROFIT!!!
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