Bionic Vision
From: Stanford Report - 08/24/2017
By: Theresa Johnston

How video goggles and a tiny implant could cure blindness

Scientists and engineers are a long way from creating a visual prosthesis
that works as well as a real human eye. Still, two Stanford research teams
are making steady progress in what was once the realm of science fiction. One
of their promising new devices, a bionic vision system based on photovoltaic
implants, is awaiting approval for human clinical trials in Europe. A second
system, based on in vitro studies of the retina, could be ready for animal
testing within four or five years. Both inventions have the same goal: to
give back some measure of sight to people who have progressive diseases of
the retina — especially retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration.

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