Sunday, November 7, 2010

New Retinal Implants Comes Closer To Curing The Blind

The good news is three subjects who received the implants have regained a semblance of eyesight, albeit reduced to a dull monochrome.


This recent breakthrough is the work of Retina Implant AG, a gathering of international medical talent and research based in Reutlingen, Germany. The awesome gizmo they’ve conceived is a tiny 3mm subretinal chip containing 1500 microphotodiodes. These send pulses to the brain that generate a 38 x 40 pixel grid.
The hard science behind this miniscule piece

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