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>> Some dude tried hooking up a grid of electrodes to a person's tongue,
>> and after an hour or two they were able to navigate around a normal
>> office block without using their eyes.
>
> What were the electrodes connected to? A low res webcam?
Indeed, yes.
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>>> Some dude tried hooking up a grid of electrodes to a person's tongue,
>>> and after an hour or two they were able to navigate around a normal
>>> office block without using their eyes.
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>> What were the electrodes connected to? A low res webcam?
>
> Indeed, yes.
Then yup, heard of it.
I also saw a little vibrating device you put on your finger... Connected
to a microphone and an amplifier... It's impressive how much deaf people
"hear" with that thing. Not to the point of hearing loud noises. To the
point of recognizing different music.
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St. <dot### [at] dot com> wrote:
> But no, I don't think I want to smell my eyeballs burning right now.
> Maybe in the future when I think I won't move my eyes in any direction in
> that 60 second time limit. I have a LOT of patience, but I don't think I can
> handle that.
It's impossible for a human to keep his eyes completely still for more
than a second or so. That's not a problem though. They use accurate eye
tracking systems when they are lasering you. The laser accurately follows
your eye even if it moves, and if it moves out of range, it immediately
stops.
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- Warp
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Warp wrote:
> It's impossible for a human to keep his eyes completely still for more
> than a second or so. That's not a problem though. They use accurate eye
> tracking systems when they are lasering you. The laser accurately follows
> your eye even if it moves, and if it moves out of range, it immediately
> stops.
Interesting. I thought they used drugs to paralyse your eye muscles so
you *can't* move 'em...?
Whatever, the idea of laying on a table while someone cuts open my
eyeball, shines a laser into it, and then *saws* it back together
doesn't appeal, somehow...
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:57:45 +0000, Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull>
wrote:
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>Whatever, the idea of laying on a table while someone cuts open my
>eyeball, shines a laser into it, and then *saws* it back together
>doesn't appeal, somehow...
That would not appeal to anyone so they don't do that.
They do something different.
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Stephen
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Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Whatever, the idea of laying on a table while someone cuts open my
> eyeball, shines a laser into it, and then *saws* it back together
> doesn't appeal, somehow...
The eyeballs are not cut open (only the surface of the cornea is
removed), you don't see the laser, and I don't understand what you mean
by "sawing it back together". The surface of the cornea is simply put
back. It attaches itself without the need of any special procedure.
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Warp escribió:
> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Whatever, the idea of laying on a table while someone cuts open my
>> eyeball, shines a laser into it, and then *saws* it back together
>> doesn't appeal, somehow...
>
> The eyeballs are not cut open (only the surface of the cornea is
> removed), you don't see the laser, and I don't understand what you mean
> by "sawing it back together". The surface of the cornea is simply put
> back. It attaches itself without the need of any special procedure.
I saw the whole operation on TV a few days ago. Quite impressive.
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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Whatever, the idea of laying on a table while someone cuts open my
> eyeball, shines a laser into it, and then *saws* it back together
> doesn't appeal, somehow...
NAAAAAAAARGH!!! >_<
God damn it, one friggin' character out, and the entire sentence becomes
gibberish.
Obviously I meant "sew" not "saw"...
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> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>
>> Whatever, the idea of laying on a table while someone cuts open my
>> eyeball, shines a laser into it, and then *saws* it back together
>> doesn't appeal, somehow...
>
> Obviously I meant "sew" not "saw"...
Well there is no way you can *sew* an eye...
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St. wrote:
> I have actually. Isn't this the one where a laser cuts a line in 360
> segments around the pupil
That's possibly radial keritography or some such spelling. The LASIK I
had, they slice the front of your eye off, peel the flap back, burn away
bits of the cornea underneath, and put the flap back down.
Yes, it was potentially the most uncomfortable 90 seconds of my life.
Yes, you smell your eyeballs burning.
Yes, it's not unlike when the dentist is drilling, except it's your eyes.
Yes, it's probably the best thing I've done medically speaking.
My primary advice is two-fold:
1) It's your eyes. Don't go to the cheapest place. Go to the place where
the doctor has actually invented improvements to the process.
2) Take all the vallium they'll give you. :-)
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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