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A new implant for blind people jacks directly into the brain - MIT Technolo

“Allí,” says Bernardeta Gómez in her native Spanish, pointing to a large black line running across a white sheet of cardboard propped at arm’s length in front of her. “There.”It isn’t exactly an impressive feat for a 57-year-old woman—except that Gómez is blind.

A new implant for blind people jacks directly into the brain - MIT Technolo

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