DocumentCode
1411217
Title
Future vision
Author
Strickland, Eliza
Volume
49
Issue
1
fYear
2012
fDate
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
41
Lastpage
41
Abstract
When light hits Barbara Campbell´s eyes, it triggers no response in her retinas, and no signals flash up her optic nerves to her brain. A genetic disease killed off her retinas´ photoreceptor cells, leaving her completely blind by her 30s. But where her body failed her, technology rescued her. In 2009, at the age of 56, Campbell had an array of electrodes implanted in each eye, and she now makes her way through the world more confidently, aided by bionic vision.
Keywords
Batteries; Computer vision; Electrodes; Integrated optics; Lithography; Prosthetics; Retina;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2012.6117835
Filename
6117835
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