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smarterplanet: Bionic Eye Expected To Let The Blind See By 2014 - PSFK With over 285 million visually impaired people in the world, research into restoring vision for the blind is well past its critical stage. But with innovations in technology, and by turning to a focus to even just restoring rudimentary vision, research suggests that a more expansive solution is on the near horizon. Better yet, it’s a solution that may serve as the foundation for something much more instrumental, for many more people. A team of electrical engineers at the Monash Vision Group (MVG) of Monash University in Australia has had early success in doing just that. The group has been laboratory testing a new microchip that will be used to power a bionic eye. With pre-clinical assessments due to begin shortly, the team’s encouraging results suggest that the project is on track to deliver a direct-to-brain bionic eye implant ready for patient testing by the year 2014. via PSFK: 
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Bionic Eye Expected To Let The Blind See By 2014 - PSFK

With over 285 million visually impaired people in the world, research into restoring vision for the blind is well past its critical stage. But with innovations in technology, and by turning to a focus to even just restoring rudimentary vision, research suggests that a more expansive solution is on the near horizon. Better yet, it’s a solution that may serve as the foundation for something much more instrumental, for many more people.

A team of electrical engineers at the Monash Vision Group (MVG) of Monash University in Australia has had early success in doing just that. The group has been laboratory testing a new microchip that will be used to power a bionic eye. With pre-clinical assessments due to begin shortly, the team’s encouraging results suggest that the project is on track to deliver a direct-to-brain bionic eye implant ready for patient testing by the year 2014.



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dcu: It’s May 6th, so that means one thing… It’s my birthday! Thank you all for following, and while I haven’t been able to post as much lately, I hope to change that very soon. I really appreciate the community that we’ve all set up together here and look forward to moving into the future of Tumblr with you all. Thanks again, -Bryan
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dcu:

It’s May 6th, so that means one thing…

It’s my birthday! Thank you all for following, and while I haven’t been able to post as much lately, I hope to change that very soon. I really appreciate the community that we’ve all set up together here and look forward to moving into the future of Tumblr with you all.

Thanks again,

-Bryan

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