----- Original Message ----- From: "Parker at Vip conduit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Accessible Devices" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:35 AM Subject: Accessible Devices World's First True Bionic Eye
> This sounds very promising. This is all we currently know about this. > World's First True Bionic Eye > Thomas Moore > Health correspondent > Updated:09:32, Monday April 21, 2008 > Doctors have exclusively shown Sky News the world's first true bionic eye > that could allow the blind to see. > Breakthrough for the blind > The pea-sized video camera is small enough to fit inside the eyeball. The > camera is linked to an artificial retina that transmits moving images > along > the optic nerve to brain. > It could be implanted within three to five years. > The man behind the breakthrough is Dr Mark Humayun, Professor of > ophthalmology and biomedical engineering at the Doheny Eye Institute in > Los > Angeles, California. > He said: "The camera is very, very small, and very low power, so it can go > inside your eye and couple your eye movement to where the camera is. > "With the kind of missing information the brain can fill in, this field is > really blossoming. > "So in the next four to five years I hope, and we all hope, that we see > technology that's much more advanced." > The institute has already pioneered artificial vision with the company > Second Sight. > The existing Argus system has been used in clinical trials, giving > rudimentary vision to blind patients with conditions like macular > degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. > The Argus device relies on a video camera which is built into a pair of > glasses to capture images. > These are converted into electrical signals which are transmitted > wirelessly > to an implant behind the retina. > The electrodes in the implant unscramble the signal to create a crude > black > and white picture, which is relayed along the optic nerve to the brain. > Linda Moorfoot is one of the few patients to be fitted with the implant. > She > had been totally blind for more than a decade with the inherited condition > retinitis pigmentosa. > But she can now see a rough image of the world made up of light and dark > blocks. > She said: "When I go to the grandkids' hockey game or soccer game I can > see > which direction the game is moving in. I can shoot baskets with my > grandson, > and I can see my granddaughter dancing across the stage. It's wonderful." > Linda's implant has just 16 electrodes but the US surgeons last week > helped > to fit an even more advanced device to British patients. > The updated model has 60 electrodes to give a clearer image. > The identities of the patients have been concealed while doctors at > London's > Moorfields Eye Hospital monitor their progress. > Meanwhile in California, scientists are developing an implant with 1,000 > electrodes, which should allow facial recognition. > http://news.sky.com:80/skynews/article/0,,91251-1313409,00.html?f=rss > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.accessible-devices.com/pipermail/a-d_accessible-devices.com/attachments/20080423/3724e27a/attachment.html > This is an Announce only list. Subscribers are not able to post to this > list. > To unsubscribe from the Accessible Devices list copy the line below. > Paste it in > the To: line of a blank message and send it. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please feel free to pass this message on to a friend who might like to > subscribe. > To subscribe to Accessible Devices send a blank e mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Just follow the directions in the confirmation message when it comes. > Please Note: Accessible Devices is not able to provide tech support for > software or products that we supply information about. > > > _______________________________________________ > A-d mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.accessible-devices.com/mailman/listinfo/a-d_accessible-devices.com > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
