Bionic eye

2002-01-15 09:50 ☼ post

Bionic eye’ could aid the blind.

Technology developed in space is being used to create implants which might one day be able to restore some sight to some blind patients. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Sounds like a really cool breakthrough. It’ll be interesting to see if this technology develops to the point where it actually outperforms human vision. Who can say what we’ll be able to do 10-20 years from now.