Crude, but breakthrough, artifical vision gives back sight to the blinded

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  1. bradford010

    bradford010 Bradon Frohman

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    But he wanted to see again so badly that Jens -- he prefers not to have his last name known -- recently paid an estimated $115,000 to have surgeons in Portugal drill a hole in his skull and place an array of electrodes on the surface of his brain. The electrodes are connected to a miniature television camera and a sophisticated computer that, together, have given Jens a rudimentary form of vision.

    Saw a piece on News24 and went and tracked this down.

    The images look like bad black and white gameboy original gfx, but if it was either that or blindness, I know what I'd choose.
     
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    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    bradford010 Bradon Frohman

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    Ah, but then it was discussion and now it's news :p
     

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