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Fun Science FRIEDay – Bionic Eye

Posted on February 5, 2016February 9, 2016 By Kersey Sturdivant
Science, Uncategorized

Every year modern medicine brings more and more surprises. It really does seem that the limitations of man’s achievements are solely limited to our creative ability to dream what is possible. This week we bring you the bionic eye. As part of an ongoing trial at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital surgeons implanted a micro electric chip into a patients eye restoring part of her sight.

Human eye.
Human eye.

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