Future Vision

Beautiful video imagining the future of augmented, prosthetic sight, by Superflux for the Human+ exhibition:

Song of the Machine from Superflux on Vimeo.

You can read more about the science behind retinal prosthetics in a great article in the Guardian by one of the project collaborators, Dr. Patrick Degenaar.

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