Live simply. Speak kindly. Care deeply. Love generously. Leave the rest to God. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:57 PM Subject: [The Conduit] World's First True Bionic Eye
> 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 > > To unsubscribe from The Conduit list, simply copy the line below. Paste > it in the > to line of a blank message and send it. Follow the directions in the > confirm message. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Theconduit mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.vipconduit.com/mailman/listinfo/theconduit_vipconduit.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.3/1391 - Release Date: 4/22/2008 > 8:15 AM > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
