Brain implant restores partial vision to blind people

Brain implant restores partial vision to blind people | Science | The Guardian

[FONT=&quot]Partial sight has been restored to six blind people via an implant that transmits video images directly to the brain.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Some vision was made possible – with the participants’ eyes bypassed – by a video camera attached to glasses which sent footage to electrodes implanted in the visual cortex of the brain.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]University College London lecturer and Optegra Eye Hospital surgeon Alex Shortt said it was a significant development by specialists from Baylor Medical College in Texas and the University of California Los Angeles.[/FONT]

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A most happy development! I hope they are able to quickly use this to advance the cure to blindness.

Geordie approves (cause if memory serves me correct, I think that’s how it works to some degree in Star Trek).



An amazing development.

Science is cool. Glad to see we're still making progress somewhere.

Renae said:

Brain implant restores partial vision to blind people | Science | The Guardian

A most happy development! I hope they are able to quickly use this to advance the cure to blindness.

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That success is going to do a lot more than that. It is the groundwork and proof that augmentation and enhancements are around the corner. Its now a sprint. It proves the brain is quite pliable and can be augmented. Think about enhanced hearing were you can "see" aurally, similar to a dolphin. To be able to see far more optical bandwidth and with greater precision and speed. Think about optical or radio wave, active scanning sight were you can perceive signals you or others put out directly or reflected off other surfaces. Enhanced breathing, circulatory systems, and musculature. Imbedded computational and communications devices. Enhanced neurons using light as a way to transmit information to speed up reaction times.

Renae said:

A most happy development! I hope they are able to quickly use this to advance the cure to blindness.

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Yes! Yes! Yes!

The future will no doubt be full of serious and even deadly social problems, but thankfully the real heroes of life, the scientists, will continue their work to alleviate the physical suffering of the human race.


Just imagine how advanced medicine will be someday: no more blindness, no more cancer, no more HIV, etc.


In a lighter vein: The preparation for a colonoscopy is horrible. Hopefully, someday it will be much simpler and even pleasant.