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A Burst of Technology, Helping the Blind to See

Barbara Campbell is part of a striking experiment. So far, she can detect burners on her stove when making a grilled cheese, her mirror frame, and whether her computer monitor is on.

She is beginning an intensive three-year research project involving electrodes surgically implanted in her eye, a camera on the bridge of her nose and a video processor strapped to her waist.

Some of the 37 other participants further along in the project can differentiate plates from cups, sort white socks from dark, distinguish doors and windows, identify large letters of the alphabet, and see where people are, albeit not details about them.

By PAM BELLUCK

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/health/research/27eye.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

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