Thursday, January 7, 2010

The First Bionic Eye




WARNING: This video contains graphic footage of eye surgery. Viewer discretion is advised.


n 1949, Jo Ann Lewis began losing her sight to retinis pigmentosa, a degenerative disease that destroys light-detecting cells in the eye.


Today, microelectronic implants have allowed her to recapture a vestige of vision.




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