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    A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See

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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    09/25/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    this is great.i read about this yesterday
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    Image of Xsuit Xsuit
    09/25/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    Who needs microchips when we have teeth?
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    Image of Kevin Frushour Kevin Frushour
    09/24/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    This pleases me - it will be good for old folks whose vision is deteriorating. I wonder if they'd be recycled after death.
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    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    09/24/09

    @Kevin Frushour: Naw, the components would most likely be obsolete by then.
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    Image of Boas_MC Boas_MC
    09/25/09

    @Anekanta: Maybe it'll be like all those folks who donate their glasses to send off to poor countries. "You may not be able to afford the latest model, but how about this twenty-year-old jobbie? We'll make sure to get all the eye-goo off of it!"
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    Image of Yamato Yamato
    09/24/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    Science 1, Religion 0
    oops! =P
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    Anekanta promoted this comment Yamato was starred Yamato was unstarred
    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    09/24/09

    @Yamato: I'd kind of like to have both, thanks very much. It's not a zero sum game.
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    09/24/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    Woah. The first cyborg's just around the corner. Best Century Ever.

    I'm already planning on which body parts I'm gonna swap out first.
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    Boas_MC promoted this comment Bigdamnhero was starred Bigdamnhero was unstarred
    Image of Boas_MC Boas_MC
    09/25/09

    @Bigdamnhero: Oh, there've been cyborgs for as long as humans have been putting on animal skins to keep warmer. And eyeglasses - now there's a way to modify your body to do something it might not be good at any more. And heck, they're detachable!

    But even in terms of our usual idea of cyborgs, with computer chips and metal prostheses actually replacing human body parts, these have been around for a long time too.
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    09/24/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    The Wired article mentions two other studies going on.

    Tleilaxu eyes for the masses, coming soon.
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    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    09/24/09

    @Golem100: That's good; I just lost mine to a stone burner...
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    09/24/09

    In reply to A Microchip Placed in the Eye Could Allow the Blind to See
    That is truly amazing. I don't even know what else to say than that's really pretty incredible. Good job science!
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