Learning to See Again with a Bionic Eye

What is bionic vision? Michael Beyeler, director of the Bionic Vision Lab and assistant professor of computer science at UC Santa Barbara, talks about how technology is being used to help people see again using bionic vision.
[3/2024] [Show ID: 39443]
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[@larrydavidson423]

Very Interesting ! Maybe someday they will find a way to help my GDaughter see again, who is blind from ROP at age 20.

[@charlesgao]

Would it work for Glaucoma patients?

[@chandrapoudel1985]

sir good morning video is very very nice When will be commercial treatment for retinitis pigmentosa by bionic eye ? please answer this questions wait for your informations

[@johanneshalberstadt3663]

If there was a way to induce inhibitory stimulation along the "smeared out" axon path, may just a single "counter dot" right behind the point of target stimulation, that could cancel.out the unwanted "tail" or the original stimulation. Is it not possible to generate the oppostite charge at the neighboring position, maybe some miliseconds after the original stimulation?