Mar 11, 2022
Bionic eyes: How tech is replacing lost vision
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: cyborgs, life extension, neuroscience, transhumanism
This technology has to translate images into something the human brain can understand. Click the numbers in the interactive image below to find read about how this works.
There are a whole range of conditions, some which are picked up due to the aging process and others which may be inherited, that can cause sight deterioration.
Bionic eyes work by ‘filling in the blanks’ between what the retina perceives and how it is processed in the brain’s visual cortex, that breakdown occurs in conditions which impact the retina. It is largely these conditions which bionic eyes could help treat.