[misc.handicap] cybervision

34AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET (Bill Gorman) (09/28/90)

Index Number: 10674

Here is a portion of an article which might be of interest, regarding the
subject of computer-vision and direct linkage to the brain's vision centers.

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|Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
|Subject: vision glasses
|Date: 25 Sep 90 22:40:02 GMT
|
|        I saw a terribly fascinating and suprising article in the town
|newspaper today.
|
|        It described a new device which essentially "saw" using a video camera
|and projected the image into the mind through electrical impulses, bypassing
|the optic nerve.
|
|        Currently the device can only show block output similar to a dot matrix
|printer, about one letter at a time.
|
|        Considering it's brand-spanking new, that's rather impressive.  I was
|totally unaware technology had reached this point; obviously, in ten years,