Artificial eye for the blind invented at John Hopkins University, Baltimore
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkTuesday, April 5, 2005
It comprises a computer chip that sits in the back of the individual’s eye, linked up to a mini video camera built into glasses that they wear.
Professor Dagnelie said: “The retinal implant contains tiny electrodes. If you stimulate a single electrode, the person will see a single dot of light.”
“We are hoping this will be enough for the person to be able to make their way through a building, find a door or window and avoid obstacles for example.
Source: BBC News
Professor Dagnelie, the inventor, hopes that human trials will begin within a year.
The article reports that the images produced will be good enough for face recognition.
April 14, 2005: 9:35 pm
@Nasrollah Rouhollahi Quoted from the article given above -
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April 14, 2005: 4:16 pm
HI i suffer from rp and i would like to know more about this artificial invention. Please give me anymore info u have on this. thank u |
April 14, 2005: 3:57 pm
HI i suffer from rp and i would like to know more about this artificial invention. Please give me anymore info u have on this. thank u |
April 13, 2005: 2:41 am
@Cyndy At the end of the day we can make this world a better place for everyone. We don’t need to do a revolution just little acts of kindness to everyone around us. Everyone around us is but a part of our self. BTW: Have you checked my site on eye care by natural methods and Yoga? It is a book written by a renowned doctor and distributed for free over the internet only by our site. We have benefitted from his book and we also visited him in Himalayas. Let me know if you find it useful. |
April 12, 2005: 3:58 pm
Wow…wonders never cease. Now if every blind person on Earth were millionaires. |
angsuman