Woman recieves world's first bionic eye

Slight nitpick about HN title: This isn't the <i>world's first bionic eye</i>. The article was surprisingly good about not making this assertion: <i>Australia's first bionic eye seeing shapes</i> and <i>recipient of the first bionic eye developed in Victoria</i>. Sorry... it just always bothers me when people claim "firsts" without sufficient research or qualifications (ie hedging) -- it tends to marginalize others' groundwork... "shoulders of giants" and all that.

Wow. I wish more "tech media companies" reported on real tech news like this, instead of all the hyperbole and media gossip of pseudo celebrities in the tech sphere. I feel happy for this woman.

Its steps like these that really make me feel like we're living in such an incredible and unprecedented time in human development.

As someone who lost vision in their left eye during their teenage years from a paintball accident, this kind of news is really, really exciting. It sounds like we're a bit far from this being viable as the patient can only see certain lights and shapes, but it's certainly a great stride.

Slap a computer screen on one, patch it in to a 3rd optic nerve that you install, and where do I sign?<p>The blurring of man and machine begins here today, the bionic eye is just the beginning. I want a bionic GPS system as well.

Yeah but doesn't make the du.du.du.du sound. :(