Bionic eye prototype unveiled by Victorian scientists and designers

"There's a camera at the front and the camera is actually very similar to an iPhone camera, so it takes live action for colour," he told PM. "That signal is then transmitted wirelessly from what's called a coil, which is mounted at the back of the head and inside the brain t...

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Published inABC Premium News
Main Author Hall, Ashley
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Sydney Australian Broadcasting Corporation 07.06.2013
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Armstrong, Mark
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Summary:"There's a camera at the front and the camera is actually very similar to an iPhone camera, so it takes live action for colour," he told PM. "That signal is then transmitted wirelessly from what's called a coil, which is mounted at the back of the head and inside the brain there is an implant which consists of a series of little ceramic tiles and in each tile are microscopic electrodes which actually are embedded in the visual cortex of the brain." "There's a number of different settings ... so you could set it to floor mapping for example and it creates a silhouette around objects on the floor so that you can see where you're going."