Replacable Eyeball
From: EE Times Cult of the Consumer - November 2004 - page 33
By: R. Colin Johnson

'Bionic eye' builds on prostheses milestones with an implanted artificial
sight organ as the goal 

Eye-implant technology is fighting a tough battle in the human body. Germs,
infections, caustic body fluids, nerve degeneration, toxic reactions to
chip-generated heat and the conflicting needs for high speed and ultralow
power conspire against it. Nevertheless, scientists worldwide are hard at
work on various projects to cure blindness, making it likely that many of
these problems will be solved within the next 20 years. 

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