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- hugepedlar, on 04/22/2008, -1/+29I'm looking forward to the day when I get a retinal HUD installed.
- EpicSelekta, on 04/22/2008, -2/+27The cool thing about this is that, although the article doesn't say it, this can obviously be altered and/or reprogrammed to see non-visible forms of light (x-rays, etc) and transpose them to visible wavelengths.
Just imagine how easy it will be to find good radio reception. - schizogony, on 04/22/2008, -1/+16Geordi LaForge'd
- wiresjr, on 04/22/2008, -1/+16...and if you want to see what's behind you, just wear 'em backwards!
Although the extreme vertigo when you drop them for the first time won't be fun. - caroline1985, on 04/22/2008, -3/+16It never ceases to amaze me how stupid some of the comments are that appear on here.
- Tulle, on 04/22/2008, -2/+13HEY EVERYONE BODY! OVER HERE! I THINK I FOUND A GIRL ON THE INTERNET!
- kewbert, on 04/22/2008, -0/+11It's not a transplant, you nimrod.
- schizogony, on 04/22/2008, -0/+8No, mom, just my health, ammo and current location on the map.
- luckyguy2000, on 04/22/2008, -2/+10damn, who else expected a real bionic eyeball instead of a camera mounted on glasses and a cable to the optic nerve?
i feel cheated. - Soniti, on 04/22/2008, -1/+8If God wanted you to *****, you would be ***** without some dead ***** balls.
- clumsyjim, on 04/22/2008, -0/+7I have retinitis pigmentosa myself & whilst this is a step in the right direction the resolution for myself & many V.I. people I know would be a downgrade. I'm banking on stem cell therapy personally.
- StephenCIreland, on 04/22/2008, -1/+8"billy, what are you watching, that better not be porn hooked up to your video input"
- EpicSelekta, on 04/22/2008, -1/+8With a targeting system.
- EpicSelekta, on 04/22/2008, -2/+8Because we already have all the software and hardware to do this. Maybe seeing radio waves is in the future, but infrared and ultraviolet are current certainties.
- inactive, on 04/22/2008, -2/+6He knows basic logic?
- ZenMojo, on 04/22/2008, -0/+4And a GPS with a giant orange arrow so I don't wander off into stupid side quests or areas of the city that weren't coded for.
- inactive, on 04/22/2008, -0/+3Give it time
- ceris, on 04/22/2008, -2/+5They can rebuild you. They can make you stronger. Dunnn de dunnn dunnn
- leodavinci0, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2Not greater than 16 pixels most likely. Furthermore, regardless of the resolution, several of the electrodes that produce the visual precepts will tend not to function properly in any implanted retinal prosthesis. Any retinal prosthesis manufacturer that states their prosthesis uses a greater amount is not informing you that the pixels don't all function. And even if they do, typically when a higher resolution prosthesis is attempted the pixels merge into one visual precept (they're called phosphenes actually). The technology doesn't exist yet to increase the resolution of these things since it's still unknown what is happening in the retina when you stimulate it electrically.
- leodavinci0, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2Keep in mind that retinal prostheses tend to only provide as much as 16 pixels of vision, and it hasn't changed much in the last decade. And if you are very luck they will all continue to provide visual precepts for a couple years. To gain acceptable vision to navigate it is typically said you need 625 pixels, so there is a long way to go. Really this article isn't that special, Joe Rizzo in Boston implants these things on a regular basis, and has for years. Know also that those who have Diabetic Retinopathy are precluded from retinal implants since that disease indiscriminately destroys the whole retina.
- Robotronik, on 04/22/2008, -0/+210 across x 6 down
You can increase the resolution by "sweeping" your eyes (the camera) around. Many people with limited vision seem to have "twitchy" eyes because they do this naturally to gain full perspective.
+1 for leodavinchi0. He has got it right. - whoreable, on 04/22/2008, -4/+6Go go gadget eyes!
- inactive, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2 Once again an article on an eye camera doesn't answer the only question I had: What's the resolution?
- cawpin, on 04/22/2008, -1/+3Yeah, buried for that reason. My wife's biological dad (Yes, there is a distinction) has been working on implantable bionic eyes for the last twenty years. They're supposedly getting close and that's what I was expecting to see.
- jeremyduffy, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2It's a step in the right direction. I just hope they get the cybernetics all figured out by the time I'm old enough to need them.
- charlietuna, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2Any trekkies recall the earliest episodes of TNG, where Geordi was asked by the Doctor about the intense pain that his visor caused? His reply was that the only alternative was pain supressing drungs, and he didn't use drugs. It was a blatant play to the anti drug campaign at the time.
- verkon, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1Great plan just sprung into my mind. Hide the glasses in a locker room. Go figure out the rest.
Well, it would require them to be completely wireless, which they are not, but if they we're, damn! - boubou64, on 04/22/2008, -2/+3Is this story available in french? my mother has got retinitis pigmentosis
- irishpunk, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1This just makes me think of the last verse for Jonathan Coulton's song "The Future Soon."
- arcooke, on 04/22/2008, -2/+3Oh geez.. here come the all-knowing diggers. The reason I said that is that he claims to know that the camera itself can be altered/reprogrammed to see non-visible light. NOT ALL CAMERAS CAN DO THIS. This particular camera is tiny.. which makes it even more unlikely to have such capabilities. It's very likely that this was a specially designed camera.. for all we know it could use entirely different technology than normal cameras. The article doesn't even mention if the camera is black and white or color (which is also something we have the ability to do, EpicSelekta).
Go ahead and keep burying me and digging up the guy making completely uneducated assumptions. - luckyguy2000, on 04/22/2008, -1/+2lol, seriously, i think shes right. most ppl doesnt even regocnize that the "bionic eyes" here just give another light/shadow experience instead of "seeing". its still better than nothing.
- inactive, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1I came here expecting certain jokes (ie: A reference to Geordi LaForge) You sir get extra creativity points in the form of a digg
- inactive, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1 I would rather have an external camera sensor that attached to my head running at a decent resolution.
- GreatSunJester, on 04/22/2008, -1/+2Wardriving gets a new "look"!
- ManyAsOne, on 04/23/2008, -0/+1The same way they read about anything else- in Braille if it's in print, or with screenreader programs like JAWS if it's online.
- EpicSelekta, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1The camera itself isn't the important part, it's the hookup to the brain. You can always just switch out the camera, genius. That's old tech.
- DJDark, on 04/22/2008, -1/+2Maybe he has a limited knowledge of English nimrod, not everyone on the internet is from the US.
- Vinny128128, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1but...
if she has retinitis pigmentosis....
>_> - schizogony, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1LaForge was always a man of valor.
- martoq, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1Awesome to hear some good...positive...tech news for a change.
- inactive, on 04/22/2008, -2/+2If God had wanted them to stay blind, she wouldn't have given us free will and the intelligence to figure out how to do this.
I'm pretty sure any God would be disgusted by your desire to keep them blind - CuriousDan, on 04/22/2008, -0/+0Interesting if they could combine the glasses/eyes with bionic arms, then soldiers could have lock-ons on their enemies not to mention x-ray vision, laser sights etc.
- Viend, on 04/22/2008, -1/+1I saw a documentary about this last week on NatGeo or Discovery Channel. I can't remember what the show was though.
- TKOtheKDR, on 04/22/2008, -0/+0Jonathan Coulton and "Laura" approve.
/preparing for the robot war - iguanapunk, on 04/22/2008, -1/+1This is great and all, but how are the blind supposed to read about this new operation?
- repairman2003, on 04/22/2008, -0/+0I remember hearing about an eye implant about 10 years ago. I remember seeing a video of some guy who could distinguish between light and dark objects. He ended up driving a car around a parking lot or something.
- Space579, on 04/22/2008, -0/+0Shine jobs are next!!
- mk2cav, on 04/22/2008, -2/+2Finlay, you can have eyes in the back of your head.
- luckyguy2000, on 04/22/2008, -3/+2fake. everyone knows that there are no girls on the internet.
- wiredDeath, on 04/22/2008, -5/+4Pics or it didnt happen :)
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