3 ms·
This ted talk still has my mind blown. Not sure what the current state of the art is on this, but I find this amazing even today. https://www.ted.com/talks/sh
by unexaminedlife 6y ago
This ted talk still has my mind blown. Not sure what the current state of the art is on this, but I find this amazing even today.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sheila_nirenberg_a_prosthetic_eye_to_treat_blindness https://www.ted.com/talks/sheila_nirenberg_a_prosthetic_eye_...
- tomc1985 6y agoYears ago I read about something like this. A blind man was even able to drive a car (I think it was the researcher's) around a parking lot. IIRC it had a limited framerate so he wouldn't be able to actually drive anywhere with it I find the encoding of such a signal to be fascinating. Somewhere someone has mapped out the 'protocol' of the eye-brain interface! I would love to know more.
- slfnflctd 6y ago> Somewhere someone has mapped out the 'protocol' of the eye-brain interface! I think it's more accurate to say they've tinkered their way into figuring out a few basic commands that can make the system predictably do a handful of things. Still no color, very limited resolution, and low framerate as you mentioned. We've probably got over 99% more of that 'protocol' yet to discover. But at least we've got our foot in the door.