Australian scientists are increasingly confident they can beat global research groups to market with a bionic eye to restore human sight, after prototype devices were implanted in three patients. In a breakthrough based on expertise gained in developing the bionic ear hearing implant, the first patient in a $42 million effort involving five institutes has been able to perceive flashes of light. Read more
Bionic eye's first viewing
byPeter Roberts, AFR, 31st August 2012