From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Fri Dec 08 2000 - 13:32:44 MST
From: "mez" <mez@mezziah.org>
>I agree with Hal Finney on the overblown rhetoric in this case.
>I've been surprised to see both CNN and Wired making such a big
>deal over such a relatively timid experiment.
>In the context of work that uses *brain* implants to restore
>vision to sightless people, or give quadrapalegics the ability to
>move cursors, Warwick's research seems quite pedestrian.
There is a small piece in the Nov/Dec issue of MIT's Technology
Review (magazine) on "silicon retinas" essentially thousands of
microphotodiodes designed to stimulate the underlying nerve tissue.
Brian
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