Burst of Technology Helps Blind to See

[snopes]

Advances in technology, genetics, brain science and biology are making a goal that long seemed out of reach — restoring sight — more feasible.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/he...rch/27eye.html

[geminilee]

The device will not make her “see like I used to see,” she said. “But it’s going to be more than what I have. It’s not just for me — it’s for so many other people that will follow me.”

That lady is awesome. People like her do as much to advance the cause of medicine as the researchers themselves.