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06/10/2006

Bionic Eyes

Cheri Robertson lost both her eyes -- years ago -- in a bad car accident, but now thanks to special electrodes implanted in her brain, she has regained partial vision. Video after the jump.
A camera on the tip of Robertson’s glasses sends signals to a computer that’s strapped around her waist. The computer then stimulates electrodes in the brain through a cord that attaches to the head. Patients see flashes of light and outlines of objects.
[via HackedGadgets]

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Posted at 06/10/2006 02:22am by Michael R
Just amazing.
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Posted at 06/10/2006 02:51am by edward
"i just call myself the robo-chick." hahahaha thats really amazing though. i wish they had some kind of video that showed a clip of how the patient sees rather than the flower pic. she has some balls letting neurosurgeons in her brain like that
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Posted at 06/10/2006 07:41am by Mr.Wednesday
She has some serious balls to do this! And its pretty amazing... BUT! No one noticed a weird thing here??? "Cheri Robertson lost both her eyes — years ago — in a fatal car accident..." Well... If it was really FATAL she would be DEAD! Maybe they should have written "Blinding car accident" or something... Still, this is really impressive! I wish we could see what shes looking...
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Posted at 06/10/2006 09:16am by Buddy
Gonna be honest. Get with the times.
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Posted at 06/10/2006 11:38am by K-SO
"Cheri Robertson lost both her eyes — years ago — in a fatal car accident" if it was fatal.... wouldnt she be dead?
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Posted at 06/10/2006 12:20pm by bill
IF she was "in a fatal car accident" how is she alive?? :)
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Posted at 06/10/2006 1:06pm by Ronar
There was no mention of the word "fatal" at all. I watched the video twice. What are you guys talking about? But anyway, cool stuff.
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Posted at 06/10/2006 1:36pm by mabey_man
Mabey it was fatal for another passenger/vehicle....
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Posted at 06/10/2006 1:52pm by Dan
Fatal just means someone died in the accident, not particularly the person who is the topic of this story.
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Posted at 06/10/2006 3:36pm by Emory
Yeah, that's amazing. And I don't know why people are so hung up on what the word "fatal" means. How about instead of complaining about a simple grammar mistake, we admire and enourage this sort of technology :P This has so much potential. I figure that the size of that computer will be getting smaller and smaller as well, so that eventually it may be unnoticable wheather someone is using a computer to see, except for the cord in her head :P
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Posted at 06/10/2006 8:42pm by ryan
I saw this almost a year ago on the discovery channel. it creates 144 reactive points in your brain.. and the camera makes a grid, of 144 points. it the relays signals picked at these 144 points to the brain, where the patient sees black, with white spots and lines through out the 144 point grid. very complex, and surely amazing.
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Posted at 06/12/2006 09:55am by Guy Smiley
Being half blind, I gotta tell ya; "fatal car crash" is not the bit to be focusing on here. I saw this setup for the first time in a Wired mag four or more years ago with Patient-0 being a fellow who'd lost both eyes to flying wood-chips. When they get it miniturized into an occular implant (a-la-cyberpunk style), I'll be calling them for my appointment. "yes, mister scientist? I'm calling about your cybereye system? I'd like the delux model with low-light, infrared, flash suppression, still and video capture and magnification please. Is that covered by OHIP?"
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Fatal car accident could mean someone else died, it doesnt have to be her. common sense people.
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