Not to mention it will be the first bionic eye available in the US Market.
FORBES: First Bionic Eye For US Market Awaits Approval From FDA
Dr. Greenberg could see the potential for creating a bionic eye if engineering issues could be worked out.
Dr. Wyatt and his group at MIT are developing a bionic eye that will contain between 256 and 400 electrodes.
Designing a bionic eye has been much more difficult than developing other types of aids, such as a cochlear implant for hearing, say scientists.
Australian researchers successfully implanted and tested an early prototype bionic eye, while online retailer Ditto released its new 3D virtual fitting technology that lets customers try on glasses online.
With Amazon citing hot sales of items such as the Jakks EyeClops Bionic Eye and Nintendo Wii, maybe Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos should have described it as its geekiest, instead.
Scientists have said that designing a bionic eye has been much more difficult than developing aids like cochlear implants for hearing, in part because visual information is two-dimensional, and because of the anatomy of the eye.
Meanwhile, the FDA approved the world's first bionic eye and biotech researchers developed a painless sugar-covered vaccine bandage that could replace needles and doesn't require refrigeration -- which opens up groundbreaking applications for off-grid locations in the developing world.
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Associate Professor Gregg Suaning, of the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering and a project leader in the national bionic eye consortium, Bionic Vision Australia (BVA), said the new, 98-channel microchip, now undergoing preliminary lab testing, was a major step towards the goal of a functional bionic eye.
ENGADGET: Bionic eye closer to human trials with invention of implantable microchip
Second Sight Medical Products developed the world's first working bionic eye, which could soon be available in the US, and fashion company Machina produced the world's first jacket to combine a MIDI controller with motion sensors -- essentially, it's a jacket that turns your body into a synthesizer.
In the case of the Argus II, the bionic eye or more accurately, the artificial retina, will turn darkness into light through a system comprised of electronics in the eye and wearable technology which wirelessly transmits a signal to the implant in the eye that lets the patient see again.
FORBES: First Bionic Eye For US Market Awaits Approval From FDA
And that, rather than the details of this bionic-eye lens, is the real point of the exercise.
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