Amazing Technology to Help the Blind See

AN ARTIFICIAL eye that could enable blind people to recognise the faces of their family was hailed as "revolutionary" and potentially "life-changing" yesterday.

The device uses a camera linked to a computer chip embedded in the eye to relay images to the brain.

To date, it has managed to produce only dots or rows of dots, but it is hoped further developments within the next five years will enable people to recognise doors and walls and ultimately learn to differentiate between familiar faces.

Stories like this really make me glad to be alive in a time of such incredible and rapidly developing technology. Imagine what a difference something like this can make in a person's quality of life if they have need of it.