Aussie Government Offers $40M To Build a Bionic Eye 89
An anonymous reader writes "The Australian Government is keen to replicate the success of the Cochlear Implant (bionic ear) by throwing AU$50M (US$40M) of funding at the development of a bionic eye. Bionic eyes have been trialed with some success in the UK — with recipients able to detect senses of shape and space, but very little detail."
Just give me a week and I'll have it to you (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just give me a week and I'll have it to you (Score:3, Funny)
Idiot. She didn't have a Bionic eye. She had Bionic Hearing. It was Steve Austin that had the Bionic Eye.
Oh, and you're sick!
As predicted by JoCo (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wrong Approach? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Won't this fail for simple biological reasons? (Score:3, Funny)
Our current level of understanding and experience with neurobiology precludes brain transplants, which in turn precludes eye transplants.
This is backwards. You're saying that because we don't have the tools to replace the engine, we can't replace the spark plugs.
Car analogy to the rescue.
Re:Just give me a week and I'll have it to you (Score:3, Funny)
Fortunately, I was already digging up Jaime Sommers' corpse for other uses.
Oh, and you're sick!
He's a forensics expert. What's so sick about.. oh, now I get what you thought he meant. Who would want to use a corpse for the carpool lane? You're sick!