Implant Translates Written Words To Braille, Right On the Retina 75
An anonymous reader writes "For the first time, blind people could read street signs with a device that translates letters into Braille and beams the results directly onto a person's eye." According to the article, "In a trial conducted on a single patient who already used the [predecessor] device, the person was able to correctly read Braille letters up to 89 percent of the time, and most of the inaccuracy appeared when the participant misread a single letter. The user was able to read one word a second."
Missing (Score:5, Funny)
"For the first time, blind people could read street signs with a device that translates letters into Braille and beams the results directly onto a person's eye."
There's something missing here. I can't... quite... put my finger on it. I'm sure I'll get it in a minute.
Re:Missing (Score:4, Funny)
You missed .. reading the article. No worries, just click on the link and you'll be fine.
One word per second (Score:5, Funny)
Beware ..... of ...... the ......vicious .......dog.......
Auggghhh!
Suck it, Apple (Score:5, Funny)
Now THIS is a retina display!
An army of one (Score:4, Funny)
Do you make more than one prototype once your first prototype shows the basic method works? Why would you do that?
Pickle's worried about the placebo effect.
Re:Another Great Slashdot Summary (Score:5, Funny)
Re:a trial of one (Score:5, Funny)
i think we need a double blind study before we can be certain.
Re:Missing (Score:2, Funny)
Braille : Small sharp dots.
Retina : Sensitive and fragile human organ.
"Hey, what are you doing ?"
"We are giving you the new reading aid for the blind."
"But I'm not blind !"
"You will be."