Technology Marches On: Bionic Eyes Finally Exist

[SSWarlock]

Ok, this is a "Holy S---!" moment. My apologies to everyone on the forum but to an old fogie like me who started playing Traveller in the 70's, it really, really is. Welcome to the new world.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/blind-hawaii-woman-bionic-eye/story?id=29927935

 

[ShawnDriscoll]

Her vision quality will be (at best) about as good as 1930's RCA though.

 

[Condottiere]

Wasn't there that movie with Brad Pitt, where the additional sense became too much of a distraction? Though probably not for those with a recent sight loss.

 

[Tom Kalbfus]

Her vision quality will be (at best) about as good as 1930's RCA though.

What kind of bionic eyes are those, that she still needs to wear glasses afterwards? Steve Austin would never have agreed to that! Rather clunky technology is one is required to wear an external device.

 

[F33D]

Ok, this is a "Holy S---!" moment. My apologies to everyone on the forum but to an old fogie like me who started playing Traveller in the 70's, it really, really is. Welcome to the new world.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/blind-hawaii-woman-bionic-eye/story?id=29927935

"Bionic eyes" have been being used since ~1982...