A synthetic cornea just restored the vision of a blind man | The Optimist Daily
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A recent medical development aims to overcome the problem of insufficient cornea donors through a promising artificial type of implant.
  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 days ago

    a legally blind 78-year old man who, immediately after surgery, was able to once again distinguish his family members and read numbers on an eye chart

    So maybe not 20/20, but way better than nothing.

    I wonder if synthetic eyes could ever surpass natural ones. Could we have optical zoom? IR/ UV vision?