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Wireless Implants Promise Superior Vision Restoration
ananyo writes, quoting Nature: "The development of retinal implants has been dogged by problems of unwieldiness since the first implantable stimulator for vision restoration was developed in 1968. Now researchers have come up with a solution that overcomes many of the problems by the use of special glasses that fire infrared signals into the eye and onto an implanted array of silicon photodiodes. The system, tested in rats, simplifies what needs to be implanted and both transmits visual data and power directly to the implants, eliminating the need for any bulky external power source (abstract)."
...the use of special glasses that fire infrared signals into the eye and onto an implanted array of silicon photodiodes. The system, tested in rats...
I won't be impressed until they show us pictures of rats wearing tiny eyeglasses.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
Implants always cause my vision to suddenly improve.
Pretending this is my office full of bitter coworkers..