Elon Musk’s ambitious eye implants, which aim to restore and even exceed normal human vision, are unlikely to reach this goal, according to scientists who have used virtual patients to expose the limitations of this technology. The researchers at the University of Washington used detailed computational modeling simulations to demonstrate that cortical implants like Blindsight underestimate the complexities of human-eye brain communication. The problem lies in the design of these electrodes and their ability to stimulate nerve cells needed to recreate vision artificially. Even if millions of minute electrodes are implanted, they would require intricate neural codes to properly process visual information by the brain.
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