CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 months agoEurope Approves Bionic Eye to Restore Vision Lost to Blindnesssingularityhub.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down10
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minus-squareTanteRegenbogen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoThey should make an implant that communicates directly with the optic nerve. Because retinal implants only work when there is still a potentially functioning retina that can be stimulated in the first place.
minus-squarelemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoRetina does a lot of image processing which we almost certainly don’t understand. Unless we can simulate it somehow, it probably wouldn’t help.
They should make an implant that communicates directly with the optic nerve. Because retinal implants only work when there is still a potentially functioning retina that can be stimulated in the first place.
Retina does a lot of image processing which we almost certainly don’t understand. Unless we can simulate it somehow, it probably wouldn’t help.