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- mikesbaker, on 04/22/2008, -1/+56I'm thinking about getting metal legs. It's a risky operation, but it'll be worth it.
- znicket, on 04/22/2008, -0/+46This is truly awesome. Bestowing sight on the sightless? I give the researchers full respect.
- Bfettmaul, on 04/22/2008, -0/+41We can rebuild him. We have the technology.
- sagat, on 04/22/2008, -0/+30Geordi?
- inactive, on 04/22/2008, -1/+27Does it make that same funny bionic sound?
- leerayIG88, on 04/22/2008, -1/+17Ghost in a Shell coming to a store near you!
- lpmiller, on 04/22/2008, -1/+14No built in lasers? I'll wait for Version 2.0
- LibertyForever, on 04/22/2008, -0/+13"American researchers are hoping to develop a camera the size of a pea that could be implanted within the eyeball, replacing natural tissue with artificial technology. Surgeons hope that the implant could be available to NHS patients within three to five years."
This is great stuff. All of this technology is evolving at the speed of Moore's Law. It looks like Kurzweil may be right: we are at the point where we can start leveraging technology to accelerate evolution. - shortyjacobs, on 04/22/2008, -0/+12jesus, way to nitpick. It's still damn impressive that they can put an implant with 60 electrodes in behind the eye, capable of transmitting into the optic nerve to form an image in the person's brain....Who gives a ***** where the camera is....and I SERIOUSLY doubt that your "wife's dad" has been working on an "actual" bionic eye for 20 years, as cameras 20 years ago were ***** huge.
- reuscel, on 04/22/2008, -0/+12Enhance...
- jb0nd38372, on 04/22/2008, -0/+11I'm sorry, but I have to correct you, "Johnny Mnemonic" What you said sounds like a cyborg who has pneumonia.
- tnt_, on 04/22/2008, -0/+9this is very cool
on a side note...the picture for this article is a picture about allergies... - esantipapa, on 04/22/2008, -1/+9Beware, TIMES has fundies' comments... something about God really made us perfect, and its our sin that messes up our perfect bodies... tell that to children with cancer... asshats.
- SeraphIXI, on 04/22/2008, -0/+8Someday the blind will be able to do this! http://epicgeordi.ytmnd.com/
- pyromanx, on 04/22/2008, -1/+9Next step: artificial photographic memory.
- KingGorilla, on 04/22/2008, -0/+8but I don't want to spend a lot of money
- windmarble, on 04/22/2008, -2/+9Grandma's Boy rules!
- Duositex, on 04/22/2008, -1/+8Note: comments are not mandatory.
- TsuruchiBrian, on 04/22/2008, -0/+7First picture in the slideshow: A picture of Angelina Jolie's eyeball (just in case we forgot what a beautiful person's eyeball looks like)
Second picture in the slideshow: A picture of someone wearing the device in question. This is obviously much less relevant to the story and should require the reader to click on a button with an arrow on it to see. - mytibt, on 04/22/2008, -0/+6Impressive, one day, imagine blinking to take a photo, sticking a thumbdrive in your ear, and loading it onto your computer. I really never thought it would be in my generation that I'd be reading about something like this.
The article is unclear though as to whether it restores sight to people who lost their eyesight during the course of their lives or whether it can also restore sight to those who were born without it. - Jayzgame, on 04/22/2008, -0/+6I gotta say, Batou's ocular implant were the first thing that came to mind for me too.
- fluidfoundation, on 04/22/2008, -0/+5He must be smoking the Frankenstein.
- theOster, on 04/22/2008, -0/+5could you kindly tell him to hurry the ***** up? or is he just inept?
- Oea420, on 04/22/2008, -0/+5Well, I have always considered technology in general the next 'step' in evolution.
Once a species reaches a point where it is against the forces (natural selection) that created it, something new must arise. We just have to fully embrace technology and admit that if we want to advance as a species genetic manipulation is a must. - mgagne, on 04/22/2008, -0/+5I was looking forward for someone to post a reference about Ghost in the Shell.
- RonnyIsRondo, on 04/22/2008, -0/+5X-Ray Vision?
- DonSlice, on 04/22/2008, -1/+5"could be implanted within the eyeball, replacing natural tissue with artificial technology"
I want some of this "artificial technology." Where can I get some? - yaksha2, on 04/22/2008, -1/+5woah! Simmer down now, cbeach. I don't recall this guy telling you to "worship Allah or these doctors will f**king fail at everything they do!" Let the man praise what he wants.
- RubineBoy, on 04/22/2008, -0/+4I can imagine that sticking a thumbdrive in your but wouldn't be a desired feature.
Restore sight to those who were born without it would definitely be a lot more difficult. They will first have to learn how to see. I don't know how that works. - lankyvaulter, on 04/22/2008, -0/+4Scott from Cincinnati is crazy, as is mr. Patel from London
- misterteenwolf, on 04/22/2008, -0/+4dugg for giving blind men the opportunity to look at porn
- inactive, on 04/22/2008, -1/+4Buried for taking a 6 million dollar man reference seriously...
- RubineBoy, on 04/22/2008, -0/+3In a few years they will feature Carl Zeiss lenses as an option.
- totopo0, on 04/22/2008, -0/+3The title is misleading, and the submitter did not parse the language of the article correctly. As can be implied by the rest of the article, these devices have been implanted in the US at least as early as 2002.
- stix213, on 04/22/2008, -1/+4We can rebuild him.... We have the technology....
- loquax, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2Only if it comes with the option to erase things we rather not have seen.
- oceanographer, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2I don't need no Tleilaxu eyes.
- loquax, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2My son has a cochlear implant and devices like this can change a person's life in ways none of us who are abled body can even begin to imagine. I am not a weapy kind of sentimentalist (by any streach of the imagination)
- indypunx, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2Was just about to post the same comment. This tech is amazing and has been in use in multiple places for years.
- fluidfoundation, on 04/22/2008, -1/+3You're going to need it if you're going to outrun your lion.
- BossKey, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2The funny thing is, at that point, it's no longer evolution through natural selection, but intelligent design (though by the species itself, not by a god).
- shortyjacobs, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2You'd be the only blind guy going, "Wait, it will let me see again, but only in black and white?? Man you researchers suck!"
- theaceoffire, on 04/22/2008, -1/+3I think the issue is the convenience of the user.
The camera is not actually implanted into the eye like some other versions I have seen, which means that you can easily replace it/upgrade it without surgery. Sorta like Geordi La Forge, the data is sent directly to his optic nerve from an external device. This idea is easily scalable for multiple sized heads, and offers the option of multiple types of eye replacements based on your needs.
However, the title implies that the eyes have been enhanced to the point where it can self contained within the eye cavity (Which is what I was shocked/delighted by, since progress on this has been slow at best). While less flexible as far as replacement/upgrade is concerned, it would be a huge stride toward allowing people who use it to fit back into society and lead normal lives (Sort of how contacts allow better freedom than glasses at the cost of comfort.).
In short, I am not sure if this is new. It might be considered important due to using an artificial device behind the retina, but I believe this has been done before. - FernandoForever, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2Yeah, but is it LCD or Plasma?
- trevorh, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2The way I understood the article the optic nerve still needed to be functioning for the device to work.
- esantipapa, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2There isn't enough funding into bioengineering. If there was, natural eyeballs would be antiquated by 2025.
- mikesbaker, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2ssn697 was right as was the article
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bionic
lets see think that this is a fitting pic
http://digg.com/users/mikesbaker/gallery/3335655 - shortyjacobs, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2OK, I suck balls....obviously 120/20 is the same as 6/1, which is still 6x better than 20/20. Sorry about that. Brain's not quite working I spose.
- RubineBoy, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2I want to look AROUND the corner.
- jerrycan, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2Jeepers, creepers, where'd yah get those peepers?
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