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Bionic Eye to Begin Human Trials (VIDEO)

29-Jan-2016

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Signal from two cameras mounted in glasses is processed and converted real-time into stimulation of implant which is then interpretted as vision by the brain.

Surgery takes less than 3 hours.

Scientists at the University of New South Wales hoping to implant Phoenix99 bionic eye in 12 patients over the next two years.

Currently low resolution but can only improve.

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University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Public Research university

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Vision (augmentation)