> On 21/02/2014 07:55 AM, scott wrote:
>>>> 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.
>
> I know audio nerve stimulation is a real thing that they've actually
> tried to do. Of course, it's hard to tell how well it actually works...

"Tried" to do?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant

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