"Seeing machine" could give the blind access to the web


	"Seeing machine" could give the blind access to the web

adamc

5-24-2006 10:28 PM

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web, blind, seeing machine, mit, elizabeth goldring, laser, opthalmoscope, retina

adamc says:

Just incredible what comes out of MIT. I truly envision a point in 50 years where you will have a brain sitting in a jar connected to a life-blood source and the web.

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