Better Vision, With an Implanted Telescope
In a brief outpatient procedure, a corneal specialist implants the mini-telescope in one eye in place of its natural lens. The telescope magnifies images on the retina, extending them so they fall on healthy cells outside the damaged macula, said Allen W. Hill, chief executive of VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies in Saratoga, Calif., the implant's maker.
The telescope is implanted in one eye for jobs like reading and facial recognition. The other eye, unaltered, is used for peripheral vision during other activities like walking.
I'm guessing the operation for one of these costs about $6m?
You can get a variable-focus lens replacement for about $5K these days; this ought to be in that ballpark, unless the telescope is a lot more expensive. The surgery itself probably is not.
Steve Austin would be envious.
Combine that with Mr Eye Tooth from the other day and you'll have someone who'll fail the eye recognition scanners they want to put in airports :)
That's amazing!!
They forgot to put the ZEISS IKON around the edge there.
Eh, close enough. Now all they need is to figure out how to implant an energy source and projector in the eyes, and optic blasts here we come...