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US scientists have designed a bionic eye to allow blind people to see again.
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It comprises a computer chip that sits in the back of the individual's eye, linked up to a mini video camera built into glasses that they wear.
Images captured by the camera are beamed to the chip, which translates them into impulses that the brain can interpret.
The device has been designed by Professor Gislin Dagnelie at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Professor Dagnelie unveiled details at a Royal National Institute for the Blind conference in London on Monday.
Human trials...
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Bionic eye will let the blind see
It comprises a computer chip that sits in the back of the individual's eye, linked up to a mini video camera built into glasses that they wear.
Images captured by the camera are beamed to the chip, which translates them into impulses that the brain can interpret.
The device has been designed by Professor Gislin Dagnelie at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Professor Dagnelie unveiled details at a Royal National Institute for the Blind conference in London on Monday.
Human trials...
For more, click on the link provided...