X-Message-Number: 14784 References: <> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 16:20:20 +0100 From: "Joseph Kehoe" <> Subject: artifical eyes? http://www.blindness.org/html/newest/wchipweb.html For the first time ever, researchers from a company called Optobionics surgically implanted an artificial retina into three patients who are blind from retinitis pigmentosa. These highly-experimental prosthetic devices, made of silicone computer chips, are intended to restore ambulatory vision, thereby giving people the freedom to walk without the assistance of a cane or guide dog. Joseph. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=14784