{"id":245950,"date":"2026-10-26T05:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T10:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/how-bionic-eyes-are-becoming-a-reality"},"modified":"2026-10-26T05:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T10:06:22","slug":"how-bionic-eyes-are-becoming-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/how-bionic-eyes-are-becoming-a-reality","title":{"rendered":"How bionic eyes are becoming a reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019ve delved into the worlds of \u201cStar Trek,\u201d \u201cThe Terminator\u201d or William Gibson\u2019s cyberpunk novel \u201cNeuromancer,\u201d you\u2019ll know that enhanced electronic vision is a staple of science fiction. Now, what was once futuristic fiction is becoming a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have developed bionic eyes that can restore some lost vision. These devices\u2019 capabilities are currently basic, but they have been steadily improving in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>One day, they might even offer features that transcend the limits of natural human eyesight\u2014for instance, by manipulating images in a way the human eye cannot or by seeing beyond the spectrum of visible light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve delved into the worlds of \u201cStar Trek,\u201d \u201cThe Terminator\u201d or William Gibson\u2019s cyberpunk novel \u201cNeuromancer,\u201d you\u2019ll know that enhanced electronic vision is a staple of science fiction. Now, what was once futuristic fiction is becoming a reality. Researchers have developed bionic eyes that can restore some lost vision. These devices\u2019 capabilities are currently [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1499,1501],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyborgs","category-transhumanism-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}