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Eyeball-implanted camera patented - bionic eye possible?

Posted in Tech/Sci News by Alex Sydell on January 22nd, 2008

Bionic eyeOn the heels of contact lenses with circuits comes news of an eyeball-implanted camera patent. In the future, this technology could help restore sight to people with damaged vision. The camera could be charged wirelessly and would communicate directly with a chip implanted at the back of the eye.

Although not a new idea, this is the first time scientists think the whole mechanism can be squeezed inside of the human eye without using any external devices.

Hopefully this becomes a reality soon as a lot of people could use one of these. It also begs the question - will this not only give them sight, but also super-human power to zoom in and see at night on day?

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