Re:First-ever human head transplant is now possible, says ne...
by devindotcom on Monday July 01, 2013 @03:45PM
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Yes, but unfortunately our microelectrodes are nowhere near good enough for this kind of thing. The bleeding edge is the arrays being implanted in retinas and visual cortex for prosthetic vision, and they're like a couple orders of magnitude too bulky and imprecise to be effective.
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Re:First-ever human head transplant is now possible, says ne...
by bennyg on Monday July 01, 2013 @08:06PM
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As a person who had retinal detachment and ended up being blind in one eye, this is what I'm hoping for within about ten years. A way to get to my depth perception back would be great.