A Retinal Prosthesis to Recover the Sight of Blind Animals and Provide Them with “Surveillance”

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A group of 18 researchers from several Chinese universities has developed a tiny, thin retinal prosthesis to recover the vision of blind mice and monkeys. The study, published this summer in Science magazine, concluded that the device not only restored the sight of the animals, it also allowed them to perceive the infrared spectrum, invisible to the human eye. The authors speak of an “enhanced vision” or even a form of “supervision”: the apparat…