If you can make these cells fire in a specific fashion, the brain will process the information coming through the optic nerve as vision. You can mimic it by exciting remaining, healthy layers of neurons with current pulses. |
The idea is to give back some of the freedom and independence that the blind have lost, like being able to cross the street and eventually maybe read a newspaper with large print. Our first goal is to make daily life easier, to detect edges and motion. |