>>> They recently got that monkey to control the limbs of another sedated
>>> monkey remotely, next you could connect the output of an eye in one
>>> person to the optic nerve of another, then after that there's nothing to
>>> stop a computer or camera being used to inject signals directly onto the
>>> optic nerve - no need for a screen ever again!
>>
>> What makes you think they have not already done that?
>
> Only because I haven't heard or read anything about it, but of course
> that doesn't mean it hasn't been done. I imagine one of the main drivers
> would be to help people see again who have lost their sight.
>
The other main driver of course, is to have someone sitting comfortably 
in Langley, Virginia be able to "see" through the eyes of a drone flying 
over Damascus or Pyongyang.  but that one we won't hear about for a few 
years.

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