The world will soon become a slightly better place for blind and severely visually impaired, or at least for those who suffer from a disorder called retinitis pigmentosa, which is a collection of often hereditary retinal dystrophy disease whose progression can be slowed down, but not stop. So the company Second Sight has announced that by the end of the year on the market to send an electronic implant Arcus II, which should give some kind of vision for those suffering from the last stages of the disease, and in which there are more active parts of the retina that the implant can be placed.
The device provides an image resolution of 9 * 6 pixels in black, white or shades of gray, and works together with the glasses on which is a miniature video camera that captures the scene, and the video is processed and sent in the form of "instruction" returning to the glasses. In these is located transmitter implant equipped receiver sends image data resolution 54 pixels, and the electrical impulses stimulate the active cells in the retina where the optic nerves transmit signals to the brain.
On the pages of Second Sight is a short promotional video that explains how to work the implant and the way in which the user sees an image from this path.
Already working on the successor Argus II, which will provide a color image and a higher resolution, but the development will take at least several years.
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