Geezer gets bionic eyeBlinking noraBy INQUIRER NewsdeskFriday, 6 March 2009, 09:21Eye-eye-captainA 73-YEAR-OLD BRITISH MAN has been given the gift of sight after 30 years of total blindness.Named only as Ron, the pensioner had surgery at London's Moorfield Eye Hospital and can now follow white lines on the road and even sort his socks, according to the BBC.The bionic eye, known as Argus II, is mounted on a pair of natty wraparound shades and sends images wirelessly to a tiny receiver mounted on the ouside of the eyeball.The receiever sends signals to an array of receptors mounted on the retina which send electrical impulses into the brain in the same way as a healthy eye.Although the camera only sends patterns of light and dark, it is hoped that the recipient's brain will eventually learn to interpret the signals as meaningful images. µ
