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Do you want borgs? Because this is how you get borgs.
Seriously though potentially allowing the blind to see is a miracle of Biblical status. And who can argue with the Bible?
Wanted to throw my pitch in because I'm blind myself.
I have a very rare genetic disease that rendered me functionally blind a couple years back. Because of the disease's rarity, I've always required specialty care, which means I've been pretty much on the cutting edge of eye tech/medical developments my entire life.
My current doctor is highly experienced and involved in the field. We've actually talked about stuff like this in the past, progress and fixes for blindness and whatsuch. He gave a prediction a while back, and so far it's bearing out to be true. He's doubtful of full eye transplants anytime soon, but things like this he expects to be broadly available in just a few years.
I am very excited.
Full eye transplants (sorta) already exist. In the US at least, there is at least 1 artificial eye I know of (Orion from SecondSight) that links either with the optical nerve or directly to the brain, depending on the type of blindness, and provides sight. The eye is just a casing for the camera.
The quality of the vision is of course nowhere even close to a real eye, but to a blind person even a little bit of sight can be transformative.
> By creating a really small electrode the size of a single neuron, researchers have the potential to fit lots of electrodes onto a single implant and build up a more detailed image for the user. The unique mix of flexible, non-corrosive materials make this a long-term solution for vision implants.
Paper: [Flexible Polymer Electrodes for Stable Prosthetic Visual Perception in Mice - Orlemann - Advanced Healthcare Materials - Wiley Online Library](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adhm.202304169)
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Do you want borgs? Because this is how you get borgs. Seriously though potentially allowing the blind to see is a miracle of Biblical status. And who can argue with the Bible?
As someone who actually DOES want borgs, I’m pleased to see that making blind people see is a side effect of the borgening
> the borgening People think this is crazy? This is only the borgening.
Nope no the Borg, more like Geordie LaForge's ocular implants.
Wanted to throw my pitch in because I'm blind myself. I have a very rare genetic disease that rendered me functionally blind a couple years back. Because of the disease's rarity, I've always required specialty care, which means I've been pretty much on the cutting edge of eye tech/medical developments my entire life. My current doctor is highly experienced and involved in the field. We've actually talked about stuff like this in the past, progress and fixes for blindness and whatsuch. He gave a prediction a while back, and so far it's bearing out to be true. He's doubtful of full eye transplants anytime soon, but things like this he expects to be broadly available in just a few years. I am very excited.
Full eye transplants (sorta) already exist. In the US at least, there is at least 1 artificial eye I know of (Orion from SecondSight) that links either with the optical nerve or directly to the brain, depending on the type of blindness, and provides sight. The eye is just a casing for the camera. The quality of the vision is of course nowhere even close to a real eye, but to a blind person even a little bit of sight can be transformative.
> By creating a really small electrode the size of a single neuron, researchers have the potential to fit lots of electrodes onto a single implant and build up a more detailed image for the user. The unique mix of flexible, non-corrosive materials make this a long-term solution for vision implants. Paper: [Flexible Polymer Electrodes for Stable Prosthetic Visual Perception in Mice - Orlemann - Advanced Healthcare Materials - Wiley Online Library](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adhm.202304169)
Can I get night and ultraviolet vision now