Nerve implants can help blind people see objects clearly

Russia's Skolkovo Sensor Technology Laboratory cooperated with the Institute of Advanced Neural Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences to develop a neural implant for implanting in the cerebral cortex to help blind people see objects clearly

Dennis Kulesov, director of Skolkovo’s Sensor Technology Laboratory, introduced that this implant has two cameras embedded in the visual cortex area of ​​the brain.

Dennis Kureshov said that this implant is designed for people who have lost sight, who have had a visual experience

Dennis Kuleshov said that in order to use this implant to see objects, a 10×10 pixel area is needed to compress the image "see" by the camera to the size of the area and place it in the brain in black and white.

Dennis Kuleshov said that the neural implant components are currently being tested in rodents and will then be tested on monkeys

The Sensor Technology Laboratory plans to install this implant for 10 blind volunteers in 2023.