Bionic Eye Sends Images Directly to the Brain
From: Discovery News - 12/18/2015
By: Renee Morad

A new technique that uses a camera mounted on a pair of glasses could help
restore vision in some blind people.

The technology, developed at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria, sends
images directly to the brain and could benefit those that still have a fully
functioning optic nerve as well as some functioning nerve cells called
ganglion, which are responsible for transmitting visual information from the
retina to the optic nerve.

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http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/bionic-eye-sends-images-directly-to-the-brain-151218.htm

Links:
Bionic eye will send images direct to the brain to restore sight
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830521-700-bionic-eye-will-send-images-direct-to-the-brain-to-restore-sight

Better ‘bionic eye’ offers new hope of restored vision (2007)
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11200-better-bionic-eye-offers-new-hope-of-restored-vision

Arthur Lowery
https://www.monash.edu/research/people/profiles/profile.html?sid=7094&pid=3922
http://eng.monash.edu.au/about/people/profile/alowery
http://www.ecse.monash.edu.au/staff/lowery/
http://neuroinformatics2015.org/speakers/lowery

Related:
Gentle Touch and the Bionic Eye
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2013/05/gentle-touch-and-bionic-eye