From:	abortion_engine abortion_engine@*******.com
Subject:	On Cybereyes
Date:	Tue, 14 Sep 1999 19:35:33 -0400

> Right now there is a university study in England, with one of the main
test
> cases an 80 year old with a specific form of blindness. The plan is to
> implant a small little microchip in the eye on the back of the retina that
> hooks into the optic nerve. The other end is connected to a small camera
> embedded in a pair of glasses. Supposedly this will serve to restore at
> least some functionality to the man's sight.

I seem to recall MITs Media Lab doing something similar to this, say, ten
years ago. There was research done on direct stimulus of the optic nerve,
restoring either some sight, or, alternatively, some other type of signal.
But I don't remember much about it.