Optic Nerve Cameras for the Blind

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Brussels-based Belgian boffins have moved forward with a technology that uses a glasses-mounted camera hooked up to an implant that directly stimulates the optic nerve. The project by the cyberpunky brewsters is just one of many around the world pursuing a similar solution, but this particular rig-up is said to have “the best results.”

This picture is actually from an older, New York-based project that is now sadly defunct.

Camera-Mounted Spectacles May Restore Sight – EU [Reuters via MedGadget]

Originally from Gizmodo

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