Wow I remember first seeing this on beyond 2000 back in 95 or 96. People had traveled to the USSR as US doctors were banned from doing this.

They showed what the people saw and it reminded me of an old 64k demo. Just a pattern of dot and very vague shapes. Like a row of 4 vertical dots for a whole street corner, very low resolution. Must have been a 15x15 array.

/DRTFA

Laforge? How about Steve Austin?

See also: (new window)

That's more like Locutus of Borg than LaForge...

damageddude: Laforge? How about Steve Austin?

That was my question too.

/had the lunchbox way back when...

I see what you did there.

OK that's out of the way

First thing I thought of
/hotlinked baby

Hoax in 3...2...1...

/Fark cynic

Have you ever seen that guy who can see with his tongue? Farked up stuff right there.

Nanananananaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

It might work better if they'd tell him he's got them on a little crooked.

Saw this in Scientific American in the 90s. Old very old.

Looks like don vito. YO!

BobaFeet: Have you ever seen that guy who can see with his tongue? Farked up stuff right there.

Dr. Rudy Wells sees your bionic eye and raises six million dollars.

But does it shoot laser beams? This is what the public REALLY wants to know.

If you still can't enjoy the wonder if internet porn what is the point?

The goods newsThisbymaster: Saw this in Scientific American in the 90s. Old very old.

Well then, the good news is that once we finish reforming the U.S. health care system with an eye toward political expedience rather than toward pragmatic cost-solving and protective measures we'll have squelched a large chunk of the funding which allows the U.S. to drive the lion's share of medical innovation and adoption (which also thus subsizides the distribution and accessibility of those technologies and treatments globally). Once that happens, American companies like the one who made this gizmo won't be able to pawn their Soviet-era crap off on desperate foreigners any more. Unfortunately, it's not like the U.S. is crowding out access to this development and subsidization role, so no one else will be filling the gap, but if we can hold on for a couple of decades the Chinese should start stepping up to the plate. Of course their stuff won't be cheap due to exchange rate normalization, and they do have a host of other very costly and pressing issues they'll need to deal with domestically, so ... meh ... maybe India will do it.

Prolly work better if they'd reverse the tachyon field to make it counter-resonate with the harmonic phase shifter.

Pictures of what the world looks like to him anyone?

C'mon Fark! I can't find them, but someone here can... or can shop something... photoshop contest..?

sid244: PROUD

I was waiting for the pic of Geordie with the caption "I Can't See Shiate, Captain."

Interesting enough, but I was much distracted by the sidebar link to the story about the Australian cover model ... "one must look away."

/bunk time

CMP: Interesting enough, but I was much distracted by the sidebar link to the story about the Australian cover model ... "one must look away."

/bunk time

I was also.

/Perv

For what that probably cost, they couldn't attach it to a pair of sunglasses that suit the shape of his face? A guy like that needs wider shades, maybe rectangular for style, but not too vertically narrow, or he'll look like a pedo.

I can picture what he is seeing after he described it. Ooooold school gaming systems.

Can't wait until he gets up to Intellivision levels!

OtherLittleGuy: Hoax in 3...2...1...

/Fark cynic

I'm assuming you've picked up on this by now, but this is for real, and scientists have been working on this for some time. Initial projections indicated that a 1,000-electrode array would be available by 2014, which would allow those who have the implant to read 2-inch type clearly, which is nothing to sneeze at, really. I have no idea if the development is still on track with these projections, though.

/why yes, this is relevant to my interests
//congenital cataracts and experimental surgery at 7 months old. Ick.

sounds cool, though still no hope for my bother in law, he had to have his eyes removed...

No Such Agency: For what that probably cost, they couldn't attach it to a pair of sunglasses that suit the shape of his face? A guy like that needs wider shades, maybe rectangular for style, but not too vertically narrow, or he'll look like a pedo.

Go all out. Make Geordi's visor.

I can see again, and I can hear! But who am I?

/FARGIN WAR

/hope they cleaned their finger nails before surgery.

MPOM: wharrgarbl

What are you going on about? The Gov't is who pays for 80% of the research in this country, and is responsible for every major breakthrough, by funding university and public research labs.

Unless, of course,you count 'restless legs' or 'bitty peener' as something that needs a breakthrough.

/of course, how you type, you probably do
//descent

FTFA: "I can see cars - they look like cotton wool."

This will end poorly.

OK, my son-in-law is almost totally blind from the same condition. He's 32, so I really would like to get him into trials on this.

From the comments section:

Ah, so we like scientists today?

mookiedood: FTFA: "I can see cars - they look like cotton wool."

This will end poorly.

"Hey look! A fast moving bunch of kitten-y softness! I think I'll jump in front of it and take a nap."

ThunderPants: /hope they cleaned their finger nails before surgery.

I hope they wore surgical gloves.

Somehow, I just can't see this.

Says you're doing it wrong, you pay a con 20 smokes for a shinejob

Kentucky Fried Children: Says you're doing it wrong, you pay a con 20 smokes for a shinejob

It's 20 packs of Kools.

Bad Quoter. no +1 for you.

Dibs on a pair of Zeiss Ikons

Hell Yeah!

stebain: I can picture what he is seeing after he described it. Ooooold school gaming systems.

Can't wait until he gets up to Intellivision levels!


He's going to the Superbowl to celebrate the successful surgery.

Oh Chu, the things I've seen with your eyes...

FloydA: stebain: I can picture what he is seeing after he described it. Ooooold school gaming systems.

Can't wait until he gets up to Intellivision levels!


He's going to the Superbowl to celebrate the successful surgery.

ROFL!

Big deal. Jesus Christ did that a looong time ago.
...But the blind guy didn't get a cool pair of sunglasses.