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Boston Retinal Implant Project

That's right, these folks are working to make a replacement eye.

A photo of a manufactured eye with a circuit on top of it

Right now the goal is to treat blindness. Once they get it working, one has to wonder how long it'll be until the first elective one is installed/implanted. Also, how long till we stop making the distinction between the words "installed" and "implanted"?