An artificial retina designed to help some blind people regain their sight has already paid dividends for a few patients. Developed by the U.S. company Second Sight, the Argus II is an implant that can be surgically inserted into a patient's eye. A small camera attached to the patient's glasses captures images, and transmits them to a small wireless computer. The computer processes the images, converts them into an electronic signal, and sends the signal to the retina implant. From there, it's up to the patient to decode the visual information, which is translated into patterns of light that outline a given object. An image of a triangle, for example, will be translated as three dots of light.
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