Bionic Eye Patient Tests Planned For 2013

angry tapir writes "Australian researchers are getting ready to test a bionic eye on patients in 2013. The eye consists of 98 electrodes that stimulate nerve cells in the retina, which is a tissue lining the back of the eye that converts light into electrical impulses necessary for sight, and allow users to better differentiate between light and dark. With the bionic eye, images taken by a camera are processed in an external unit, such as a smartphone, then relayed to the implant's chip. This stimulates the retina by sending electric signals along the optic nerve into the brain where they are decoded as vision."

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I can see where this is going...

[Tastecicles]

...right down the tubes if your bionic eye suddenly decides to start humming Bjork tunes and your Google phone joins in...

Re:I can see where this is going...

[Gadget_Guy]

Well from my limited knowledge of the bionic eye (gleaned from watching The Six Million Dollar Man), the sound of the eye would be extremely irritating. It makes a very loud Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo noise.

Saying it does not make you cool.

[SuricouRaven]

Please, don't quote the line. You know the one. The one with three comparatives. It's too predictable.