Bionic Eye Sends Images Directly to the Brain

A new technique that uses a camera mounted on a pair of glasses could help restore vision in some blind people.The technology, developed at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria, sends images directly to the brain and could benefit those that still have a fully functioning optic nerve as well as some functioning nerve cells called ganglion, which are responsible for transmitting visual information from the retina to the optic nerve.

At a basic level, the system involves a digital camera embedded in a pair of glasses, a computer processor and finally a chip implanted in the patient’s brain.

When the camera on the glasses picks up visual information from the outside world, it sends the information to a pocket-sized processing unit worn by the user. The processor modifies the images into a signal that can be transmitted wirelessly to the chip implanted in the brain.Article:http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/bionic-eye-sends-images-directly-to-the-brain-151218.htm
Corina Marinescu