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February 19, 2004
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February 19, 2004
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A vision of the future
With the aid of a neural stimulation technique developed by a Harvard-M.I.T. team, severely blind people have been able to see patterns of light. The technique may one day become an artifical retina enabling navigation, face recognition and even reading. Above, a yellow arrow points to the site of an electrode array at the back of the eye. Full story
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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
Artificial retina nearly in sight
Electric eye under development
Millennia of human contact linked to unusual canine cognition
Brian Hare finds that man's best friend evolved into the role
Possible mechanism for link between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease discovered
Insulin resistance observed in brain cells
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