Mayo Clinic patient’s first impressions with bionic eye

[Janeway]

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Such a beautiful moment, and the technology will only get better and better.

[bob4life]

id like to go ahead and apologize in advance for this

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[RudeMcRude]

I'm assuming this guy lost his eye sight at some point in his life because I can see his happiness but his reaction doesn't seem like total dumbfoundedness I think a person who was blind from birth would have at "seeing" for the first time

[Samg381]

This is probably the medical field I would hope to grow the fastest over the next 5-10 years. Hopefully blindness and other basic critical senses will be able to be easily repaired.

[HerrWolf]

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[SweetSwifter]

[QUOTE=RudeMcRude;47232976]I'm assuming this guy lost his eye sight at some point in his life because I can see his happiness but his reaction doesn't seem like total dumbfoundedness I think a person who was blind from birth would have at "seeing" for the first time[/QUOTE]

As far as I know, restoring the eyesight of adults who have been born blind is currently impossible, as the brain has never learned to interpret the signals. They wouldn't see anything, or perhaps be overloaded with sensory information that is confusing.

Then again, just thinking about the experience of 'not seeing' is crazy. Not just closing your eyes, but the actual absence of any visual information. It seems so strange to me.

[KorJax]

[QUOTE=SweetSwifter;47233043]As far as I know, restoring the eyesight of adults who have been born blind is currently impossible, as the brain has never learned to interpret the signals. They wouldn't see anything, or perhaps be overloaded with sensory information that is confusing.

Then again, just thinking about the experience of 'not seeing' is crazy. Not just closing your eyes, but the actual absence of any visual information. It seems so strange to me.[/QUOTE]

I distinctly remember a video of a guy who had something similar done to him a long while back and he was blind at birth and using it to walk through a hallway in the lab they were testing it at. Could have been remembering it wrong though.

[Jamsponge]

Holy shit. We're actually reaching the point where we can cure blindness.

[InfectedPotato]

Im not gonna lie, that made me tear up a bit. I can't imagine how amazing it must be to see your wife, even it isn't a clear image.

[bigdan]

I don't think crying with a bionic eye is a good idea.

[Cufflux]

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[Banned?]

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[CaelReader]

So is he seeing that pixelated image they show?

[Occlusion2018]

[QUOTE=bob4life;47232911]id like to go ahead and apologize in advance for this

[img]http://i.imgur.com/XncPs16.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

What is that? I've seen it everywhere

[BlackBirdNL]

[QUOTE=SweetSwifter;47233043]As far as I know, restoring the eyesight of adults who have been born blind is currently impossible, as the brain has never learned to interpret the signals. They wouldn't see anything, or perhaps be overloaded with sensory information that is confusing.

Then again, just thinking about the experience of 'not seeing' is crazy. Not just closing your eyes, but the actual absence of any visual information. It seems so strange to me.[/QUOTE]

It's funny, because only yesterday I had dinner in this restaurant where your waiters are completely blind and the place itself is completely dark. It was strange because my mind started filling in the blanks. I thought I saw a vague shapes of my girlfriend sitting next to me, but as soon as she spoke I realized she wasn't where I "saw" her.

As for the seeing after being born blind(or it happening in the first years), you'll never be able to see. Our brain(especially when we're that young) has a lot of plasticity. This is what makes the brain able to form new connections, but also overwrite or reuse unnecessary ones. So the unused cells in the occipital lobe(used for sight) will be overwritten and reused for other brain fuctions.
Also if you blind a baby during its first months(years maybe) thus not stimulating the cells in it's occipital lobe, it'll be blind for the rest of it's life.

[myon]

[QUOTE=Occlusion;47244808]What is that? I've seen it everywhere[/QUOTE]

It's prescription medicine, thank the good doctor now.