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How far off of cybernetic eyes for Blind people to help them see? (self.Blind)
submitted by ScriptGenius12
Just asking.
ABlindManPlays 5 points 4y ago
Depends on when they can profit off of the treatment.
KillerLag 3 points 4y ago
Realistically, probably a few decades. Unless there is a breakthrough in some kind of brain/computer interface or a method of attaching significantly more electrodes to nerves.
MyNutsSmellAmazing 2 points 4y ago
There have been a few recent breakthroughs in this area. https://afb.org/aw/17/3/15352
Defenestrar1 1 points 4y ago
Cochlear implants are amazing hearing neuroprosthetics, but vision needs way more bandwidth and processing than auditory signals. Also, a successful prosthetic would have to deal with the cause of blindness so just replacing the eye may not be enough in cases with optic nerve damage. I read somewhere that current research is about at the point of a four by four grid of light or dark squares, but I don't remember which university that was at.
Amonwilde 2 points 4y ago
Think it's more like 16x16 now but that's still not terrifically useful.
lsw998 1 points 3y ago
The system developed in Australia called Gennaris sounds very interesting as it would address a wide variety of situations that cause blindness. I can’t seem to find any information on the results of the trials they did in 2017 but you’ll notice at this link it talks about them receiving funding from Australia to bring the product to the commercial market. https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/federal-funding-to-develop-bionic-eye-and-world-first-test-for-sepsis


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