The scientists at the Duke Eye Center, Durham, North Carolina, US have accomplished this feat yet again. Larry Hester is the seventh US citizen to have acquired eyesight by the use of wireless coupled with related technical support.
The artificial eye consists of a special camera-assisted pair of spectacles that channelises the light signals received into a sensor fixed in the eye which, in turn, transfers them into the brain making vision possible.
66 year old Larry had lost his sight, due to a degenerative retinal condition about three decades back. The doctors had then opined that there was no more treatment possible and he was resigned to living in a dark world and it's that bleak life that has been transformed into a life, filled with happiness and hope all over again, thanks to technology!
He's in the thrill of being able to see the white swans swimming in the lake, the moonlit nights over the long stretch of harvested field and the yellow Chrysanthemums of his garden yet again. He pinches himself, quite often, to confirm that he's not going through a dream!
Though the sight, achieved through the artificial optical contraption, lacks cent percent clarity, the wearer is able to discern where the entrance/exit exists in a room and the zebra lines are, on the thoroughfare!
Tailpiece.
Imagine the thrill Larry Hester is undergoing for having regained his eyesight! For light having come back into his life!!
The artificial eye consists of a special camera-assisted pair of spectacles that channelises the light signals received into a sensor fixed in the eye which, in turn, transfers them into the brain making vision possible.
66 year old Larry had lost his sight, due to a degenerative retinal condition about three decades back. The doctors had then opined that there was no more treatment possible and he was resigned to living in a dark world and it's that bleak life that has been transformed into a life, filled with happiness and hope all over again, thanks to technology!
He's in the thrill of being able to see the white swans swimming in the lake, the moonlit nights over the long stretch of harvested field and the yellow Chrysanthemums of his garden yet again. He pinches himself, quite often, to confirm that he's not going through a dream!
Though the sight, achieved through the artificial optical contraption, lacks cent percent clarity, the wearer is able to discern where the entrance/exit exists in a room and the zebra lines are, on the thoroughfare!
Tailpiece.
Imagine the thrill Larry Hester is undergoing for having regained his eyesight! For light having come back into his life!!
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