Artificial eye for the blind invented at John Hopkins University, Baltimore
It comprises a computer chip that sits in the back of the individual's eye, linked up to a mini video camera built into glasses that they wear.
Professor Dagnelie said: "The retinal implant contains tiny electrodes. If you stimulate a single electrode, the person will see a single dot of light."
"We are hoping this will be enough for the person to be able to make their way through a building, find a door or window and avoid obstacles for example.
Source: BBC News
Professor Dagnelie, the inventor, hopes that human trials will begin within a year.
The article reports that the images produced will be good enough for face recognition.
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April 12th, 2005 at 3:58 pm
Wow…wonders never cease. Now if every blind person on Earth were millionaires. :)
April 12th, 2005 at 6:19 pm
Interesting…
April 13th, 2005 at 2:41 am
@Cyndy
Well there are many Bill Gates and Larry Ellison who can lend a helping hand to blind persons if they want to. And not only for blind persons also for people looking for cure with deadly diseases like diabetes, cancer, aids, lupus etc.
At the end of the day we can make this world a better place for everyone. We don’t need to do a revolution just little acts of kindness to everyone around us. Everyone around us is but a part of our self.
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April 13th, 2005 at 9:32 am
I’ll check it out! Thanks.
April 14th, 2005 at 3:57 pm
HI i suffer from rp and i would like to know more about this artificial invention. Please give me anymore info u have on this. thank u
April 14th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
HI i suffer from rp and i would like to know more about this artificial invention. Please give me anymore info u have on this. thank u
April 14th, 2005 at 9:35 pm
@Nasrollah Rouhollahi
Please refer to the article - Bionic eye will let the blind see for further details.
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