Retinal chip soon on the market

The retinal chip may be on the market as early as in 2009! The US Food and Drug Administration has approved experimentation at a large scale of the new, more sophisticated version of the “bionic eye”, developed by Dr. Humayun at the University of Southern California. If these trials give the expected results, the device will be available on the market in 2 years, at a cost of approximately 300.000 dollars, or 25.000 euros. The chip will mostly benefit blind people who once had sight but it will be tried on patients blind from birth as well.
An article on this exciting news was just published in the Guardian. Check it out here.

The future looks bright!