Elderly Man Sees For First Time in 30 Years with Bionic Eye
From: Gizmodo - 03/05/2009
By: Elaine Chow

A 73-year-old man was recently given vision again after being outfitted with
a "bionic eye." After 30 years of darkness, he now can see enough to follow
white lines on the road and sort socks. 

The eye, known as Argus II, is made by American company Second Sight. It
works by using a camera and video processor mounted on sunglasses to send
captured images to a tiny receiver placed on the outside of a patient's eye. 

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http://gizmodo.com/5164677/elderly-man-sees-for-first-time-in-30-years-with-bionic-eye

Links:
Artificial retina shows promising results
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/health&id=6998214&rss=rss-kgo-article-6998214

Device restores limited sight to the blind
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/BA8V168N0A.DTL&o=4
http://www.abc15.com/content/living/yourhealth/story/Device-restores-limited-sight-to-the-blind/NHt2cilSu0qjDYKZIbH3Eg.cspx

'Bionic Eye' Argus II Retinal Implant
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1598

How does a "bionic eye" allow blind people to see?
http://health.howstuffworks.com/bionic-eye.htm

Argus II - restoring vision to the blind with microchips
http://www.domain-b.com/technology/electronics/20080625_microchips.html

Artificial Retinal Implant Project Grows
http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/14864.html

Bionic eye gives blind man sight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7919645.stm

How the bionic eye works
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7920603.stm