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Bionic eyes

Firstly - I've been reading that the new IDN vulnerability seems not to effect IE.  This doesn't quite add up to me - something to think about though.

Slashdot pointed me to a great article this morning on the Science Blog about an implant for the eyes.  It was a in and out in one day operation to implant a chip (thinner than a human hair) inside the eye to enable the subjects to see.  In essense it replaces the retina for peolple whos retina has stopped functioning properly/at all.

To quote from the article "Improvement in visual function was variable and included the ability to read letters, improvement in color vision, and expansion of their visual field. Some patients gained new ability to recognize facial features -- something that they were unable to do before"

Really cool stuff methinks.  "We can rebuild him..." ;-)

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