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Bionic eye with sharper vision than real eye could be ready in just five years, experts say
2020-05-23
[New York Post] A bionic eye could give sight to millions in just five years, experts say.

The world’s first 3D artificial eyeball is capable of sharper vision than a real human eye.

Images are converted through tiny sensors that mirror the light-detecting photoreceptor cells.

The sensors are packed into a membrane of aluminium and tungsten shaped into a half sphere, mimicking a retina. The electrochemical eye, name EC-EYE, resembles sinister super computer HAL in 1968 sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Prof Zhiyong Fan, of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, said animal and clinical trials were now planned.

He said: "Our ’biomimetic’ eye has a size comparable to a human eye — a bit more than two cm in diameter. "It can be used for visual prosthesis to help the blind or those visually impaired. It can lead to a bionic eye."

"We hope to further improve our device in terms of biocompatibility, stability, and performance. "I think if everything is on track, perhaps in five years the technology will become practical."
Posted by:Besoeker

#26  And the coyote ugly has a full paid up subscription. There will be no telling what is real.

I could use new eyes.

Did the Cadillac thing both eyes, VA hospital. I COULD WRITE A BOOK or two. Start with the anesthesiologist saying "Let me turn this on" after I report twingey pain during the eye cutting. Didn't feel good.
Thank GOD I am major pain tolerant. Pretty much all that keeps me going.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2020-05-23 23:45  

#25  Will this visual info be fed into NSA computers?
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-05-23 16:55  

#24  One could say with this beta version: "I'll keep an eye out for you."
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-05-23 16:12  

#23  Beta version:
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2020-05-23 15:11  

#22  100100
11000
100100

Only if she's five-three
(whip noise)
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-05-23 13:13  

#21  Got some citroens in my eye; it burned but fortunately flushed out with water :)
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-05-23 13:09  

#20   I'm sorry honey , you've been good to me , but every time I look at you I throw up a little . "

No Problemo, sir! We've got software that can fix that for you. And although it is an upgrade, we can "adjust her visual parameters", if you know what I mean. *nudge nudge* *wink wink*
Posted by: SteveS   2020-05-23 12:54  

#19  Ewwww, your bionic eye gets hacked and the coyote ugly looks good to you.
Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163   2020-05-23 12:30  

#18  Will the stuff that accumulates at the corner of the bionic eye be sort of like dried lithium grease?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-05-23 12:15  

#17  Will they be blurry in the morning?
Posted by: gorb   2020-05-23 11:59  

#16  Seems to me that properly attaching this to the optic nerve would be akin to reconnecting a severed spinal cord. Awesome if they can make it work.
Posted by: PBMcL   2020-05-23 11:29  

#15  yeah I can see how having cadillacs in your eyes can be a problem. I sometimes have Chevys in my eyes - a hassle. :)
Posted by: CrazyFool   2020-05-23 11:14  

#14  Had the cadillacs removed about ten years ago, a big help.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-23 10:57  

#13  Been there. Done that. About 40+ years ago...

x-ray specs
Posted by: CrazyFool   2020-05-23 10:51  

#12  5 years, meh. I could use a couple now. In 5 years, I'll need a bionic brain.
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-05-23 10:40  

#11  Batou

Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-23 09:40  

#10  ^ Google Glass v2.0
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-23 08:44  

#9  Google no doubt will copy it and add a data feed to DoubleClick Bid Manager to enable direct ad-serving, streamed from the eye to the cortex.

No interface necessary.
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-23 08:43  

#8  Hackers?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2020-05-23 08:15  

#7  Hasn't HDTV already done enough to turn the public against our over made up actors and politicians?
Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Sposh6909   2020-05-23 08:00  

#6  Steve Austin to the white courtesy phone...Steve Austin.
Posted by: Warthog   2020-05-23 07:59  

#5  A person gets two bionic eyes and gets a clear vision of what their mate looks like . " I'm sorry honey , you've been good to me , but every time I look at you I throw up a little . "
Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163   2020-05-23 07:32  

#4  ..but expect the usual hustlers to be against it because it would deprive the blind of their victim status and position on the hierarchy of victimhood.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-05-23 06:52  

#3  That would be fantastic, indeed.
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-23 06:37  

#2  That would be fantastic, it could sight to millions.
Posted by: bernardz   2020-05-23 04:50  

#1  Human vision is a miraculous thing. I have no doubt the visual cortex can probably process more data than the eyes we have now provide. Just don't turn it all on at once. For reference to what happens then, see X The Man With X-Ray Eyes.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-05-23 02:59  

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