A new invention for people with eye diseases or people who have lost eyesight have new hope. A new implant has emerged that may partially restore vision. "It marks the beginning of an era in which sight will be restored at ever more astonishing levels," says Robert Greenberg, president and CEO of Second Sight, the California company that developed the device. So far it is developing in Europe but its making its way around the world. The down side to this new invention is its price. It can cost up to 115,000$. This implant is actually a camera placed on glasses and it corresponds to signals sent through the wire attached. Read more through this link. http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/35064/?p1=MstRcnt
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Bionic Eyes
Bionic Eyes
A new invention for people with eye diseases or people who have lost eyesight have new hope. A new implant has emerged that may partially restore vision. "It marks the beginning of an era in which sight will be restored at ever more astonishing levels," says Robert Greenberg, president and CEO of Second Sight, the California company that developed the device. So far it is developing in Europe but its making its way around the world. The down side to this new invention is its price. It can cost up to 115,000$. This implant is actually a camera placed on glasses and it corresponds to signals sent through the wire attached. Read more through this link. http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/35064/?p1=MstRcnt
A new invention for people with eye diseases or people who have lost eyesight have new hope. A new implant has emerged that may partially restore vision. "It marks the beginning of an era in which sight will be restored at ever more astonishing levels," says Robert Greenberg, president and CEO of Second Sight, the California company that developed the device. So far it is developing in Europe but its making its way around the world. The down side to this new invention is its price. It can cost up to 115,000$. This implant is actually a camera placed on glasses and it corresponds to signals sent through the wire attached. Read more through this link. http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/35064/?p1=MstRcnt
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