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May 15 2012, 8:47am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
The new bionic eye technology requires a special pair of glasses that beams near infrared light into the eye according to BBC. The glasses carry a video camera that records what is in front of the...
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It's the difference between a grainy black-and-white film and HD. Previously blind patients who receive the recently FDA-approved Argus II bionic eye system will regain some degree of functional sight. The retinal implant technolo ...
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The new bionic eye technology requires a special pair of glasses that beams near infrared light into the eye according to BBC. The glasses carry a video camera that records what is in front of the patient. It transmits that information with near infrared light on the retinal chip. This is creating an electrical signal that is transmitted to the visual nerves. Sounds all pretty complicated and has only been tested on rats so far.
Watch an overview of the new bionic eye research in a video from Newsy below.
Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi Lugmayr (Google) is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years
experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting
world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into
vibrant technology magazine.
Luigi can be contacted directly at ml@i4u.com.
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