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I read something very interesting in a JPL newsletter today. A Dr. Wolfgang Fink, JPL senior research scientist and assistant professor of ophthalmology and neurosurgery at the University of Southern California, will be giving two free public lectures on the prevention and treatment of blindness. What especially caught my eye is this passage:
"Blindness is not necessarily an irreversible stroke of fate any more," said Fink. "We are at the dawn of artificial vision, thanks to recent developments in microdevices and image processing." Fink and his visual and autonomous exploration systems research group at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena are working on computer-enhanced vision for patients wearing visual prostheses.
Anyone remember Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man? And his bionic eye?
"Blindness is not necessarily an irreversible stroke of fate any more," said Fink. "We are at the dawn of artificial vision, thanks to recent developments in microdevices and image processing." Fink and his visual and autonomous exploration systems research group at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena are working on computer-enhanced vision for patients wearing visual prostheses.
Anyone remember Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man? And his bionic eye?
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"We can re-build him. We have the technology".
"... We can make him better than he was...." Wait. Are we talking about Steve Austin, or V1agra? ;-)
Speaking of "The Six Million Dollar Man", I was a big fan of the author of the book upon which the series was based. Though I never actually read "Cyborg", by Martin Caiden, I did read many of his other novels, including "Marooned" (the basis for a movie of the same name, and a somewhat prophetic story considering the subsequent true story of Apollo 13) and "The Last Dogfight" (my personal favorite). All his fiction is now out of print and are considered 'classics' (e.g. the more expensive books at the used bookstore), something I found out very recently while trying to run down a local copy of my fav (which I've yet to find, though I could order a copy via B&N used books).
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