Second Sight Medical Products has created a prototype implant that will give blind people any kind of vision. Including those inaccessible to an ordinary person, such as infrared vision, like an alien from the classic action movie "Predator". This area is recognized as one of the most promising for helping the visually impaired.

The concept is quite simple - instead of installing a full-sized bionic eye, an “adapter” is implanted to the user. Officially, it is called the Orion Optic Cortical Denture and connects to the part of the brain that processes visual information. The implant receives signals from the microcamera on the temple of the glasses, converts them and sends them to the brain in the form of electrical impulses.

Installation of the implant takes less than a day, but the adaptation process will be somewhat delayed. The user will need to re-teach the brain to receive signals and “see” the image, and it is unlikely that it will be possible to provide high-resolution image transmission. Instead, developers focused on creating removable modules for the cameras themselves. It’s not in vain that the implant is called an adapter - it is possible to connect various sources of data about what is happening around it, and not only working in the visible spectrum.

It is not so important for a disabled person to see the world around him again, how to learn to navigate it. And for this you need an informative picture, but not necessarily beautiful. For example, spots in the infrared spectrum will perfectly indicate how many people are near the user, and where there are dangerous hot objects in the room. From where the sun shines, where the windows are, day now or night. Most household appliances are few, but they heat up during operation, and therefore it will be easier to find them.

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