Solar Powered Eye Implants Are Coming
January 3, 2010 · Print This Article
One of the biggest problems faced by researchers who are working on eye implants is the source of capability; after all, you’re not going to plug yourself into a wall socket for charging, are you? It seems some that folks by at Stanford might have come up with the solution, which of course, involves solar ability. The implant is 3mm wide, and 0.03mm thick, will be placed behind the retina at the back of the eye. An external video camera will be used to capture outside images, transmitting the data to a pocket PC for processing, thereupon sending the feed to a near-infrared LCD display built into video goggles. The googles will soon after emit infrared light pulses through the eye to the implant
itself, providing the electricity and images that the implant needs to operate properly. Sounds pretty high tech (and it is), but considering it’s still in the early stages of development, the implant will only give the user 20/200 vision, meaning you’ll need to be within 20 feet of an object to see it with the same clarity that a person with 20/20 vision can see from about 200 feet away.Permalink: Solar Powered Eye Implants Are Coming from Ubergizmo | Hot: Blackberry Bold 9700 Review
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