Apr 13 2006Bionic Vision Surgery for the Blind
Cheri Robertson, a woman who lost both of her eyes in a car crash, received an experimental new surgery that restored some of her vision. The procedure inserts electrodes into the brain that interact with a camera placed on the person's glasses, allowing someone without eyes to become slightly more terrifying to children. The surgery is only for people who had vision at one point in their life, and at this stage Cheri can only see "two splashes" of light . Not without risk, the surgery's main concern is an infection where the port goes into the head. Although I can appreciate the courage involved in attempting such a surgery, I have to point out that a seeing eye dog has never produced an infection in someone's brain port.
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Reader Comments
1. Elmo - June 1, 2008 3:12 PM
Errrr.. hold on.. ground breaking surgery? what about a wireless upgrade? My phone's bluetoothe can penetrate 5 inches of brick 4m away
2. Gingersnapz - September 13, 2008 1:35 PM
Yeah. It has to have lasers or something.
Helping the blind people see? Not cool enough...
3. Daisy - February 27, 2009 11:33 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadows are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max accidentally puts his cousins eye out. He then has to work long hours in a construction area for months. Max finally makes enough money to buy his cousin an eye. His cousin gets revenge on him and tries to attack him in his sleep. Max's cousin was about to stab him in the heart with a butcher knife in his sleep when just then, Max wakes up, and puts the knife back on his cousin. He has no choice, but to stab him. His cousin dies, and Max gets off without any guilt, or punishment.
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