New bionic eye for the totally blind

(AL JAZEERA)   New Australian system bypasses the body’s visual mechanics entirely as images are plugged straight into the brain. Engineers in Australia have developed a technology they hope will allow totally blind people to see. Unlike bionic-eye projects elsewhere, the Melbourne-based team’s system bypasses the body’s visual mechanics entirely. Patients do not even need eyes as the images are plugged straight into the brain.

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