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Sunday, June 30, 2013

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


'First bionic eye' retinal chip for blind

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 01:46 PM PDT

A new bionic eye works by converting video images captured by a miniature camera, housed in the patient's glasses, into a series of small electrical pulses that are transmitted wirelessly to an array of electrodes on the surface of the retina. These pulses are intended to stimulate the retina's remaining cells resulting in the corresponding perception of patterns of light in the brain. Patients then learn to interpret these visual patterns thereby regaining some visual function.

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