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June 15, 2009

Eyesight to the Blind


An artificial retina, it may sound like the stuff of science fiction...and just a few years ago it was. A camera is built in to a pair of glasses, sending radio signals to a tiny chip in the back of the retina. The chip, small enough to fit on a finger tip, is implanted surgically and stimulates nerves that lead to the vision center of the brain

Credit: National Science Foundation


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