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2020-05-23 Science & Technology
Bionic eye with sharper vision than real eye could be ready in just five years, experts say
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Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-23 02:52|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#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||   2020-05-23 02:59|| Front Page Top

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

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

#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||   2020-05-23 06:52|| Front Page Top

#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||   2020-05-23 07:32|| Front Page Top

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

#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||   2020-05-23 08:00|| Front Page Top

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

#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||   2020-05-23 08:43|| Front Page Top

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

#11 Batou

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-23 09:40||   2020-05-23 09:40|| Front Page Top

#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||   2020-05-23 10:40|| Front Page Top

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

x-ray specs
Posted by CrazyFool 2020-05-23 10:51||   2020-05-23 10:51|| Front Page Top

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

#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||   2020-05-23 11:14|| Front Page Top

#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||   2020-05-23 11:29|| Front Page Top

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

#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||   2020-05-23 12:15|| Front Page Top

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

#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||   2020-05-23 12:54|| Front Page Top

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

#22 100100
11000
100100

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

#23 Beta version:
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2020-05-23 15:11||   2020-05-23 15:11|| Front Page Top

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

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

#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||   2020-05-23 23:45|| Front Page Top

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