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**educationonlines** · 02-17-2007, 07:37 PM

Originally posted by VJ
pretty much everything in humans can be artificially produced except nerve cells with enough $$$. this isn't exactly breaking news. They can, too,
but not with todays technology

The problem with the retina is, that you need milions of sensors on a very small surface to replicate the human retina and have to take care that they stimulate the right parts of the optic nerve.
So even an artificial retina that allows blind people to recognize faces is a great archivement.

02-17-2007, 07:37 PM	#12
educationonlines Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 478 Senior Member	Originally posted by VJ pretty much everything in humans can be artificially produced except nerve cells with enough $$$. this isn't exactly breaking news. They can, too, but not with todays technology The problem with the retina is, that you need milions of sensors on a very small surface to replicate the human retina and have to take care that they stimulate the right parts of the optic nerve. So even an artificial retina that allows blind people to recognize faces is a great archivement.
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