The Orion I: Restoring Sight by Sending Wireless Signals to the Brain
From: ECN - 11/01/2016

Thanks to advancements in medical technology, scientists are edging closer to
restoring sight to the blind.

Surgeons have successfully implanted a visual stimulator chip within a
patient’s brain, bypassing the eye completely. The 30-year-old woman who
underwent the surgery was blind for seven years due to a rare disease called
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.

The stimulator chip was placed on the surface of the brain, along with a
small antenna receiver inserted into the gap of the skull. This antenna
interacts with the implanted device by receiving signals sent from a computer
unit.

In the near future, her surgeons hope to send video footage from a small
camera to the implanted chip. The camera will be embedded in a pair of
eyeglasses, enabling them to send moving images directly to the brain from a
system called the Orion I.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.ecnmag.com/blog/2016/11/orion-i-restoring-sight-sending-wireless-signals-brain