. . . the new bionic eye.
Explain, please.
Is this a prosthetic lens or a lens transplant? That is amazing! It opens up all sorts of new possibilities.
Multiple frequency, selectable frequencies e.g. thermal, UV, IR even normal, all with the touch of a button.
X-ray vision? Nahhh!
Duane
Duane this is quite the experience. The tech now has really taken strides. One has to be a candidate for the different types of lens options and you choose your option based on eye anatomy and lifestyle choices. It involves lens fracturing and liquification with removal (phacoemulsifucation) followed by artificial lens implants. The new technology in optics gives a more natural flexible response using the iris muscles, so the new lens can accommodate more like the native lens. Which in this particular lens has only been around less than five years. The surgeon I have does not use moderate sedation, so you are awake and very aware of everything including watching your eye bleed from the inside out and a lot of grinding and whirring drill action while he has you moving your focal point almost constantly. The procedure is a little tough to endure but as long as you have the stomach for it and can Spock-out it's definitely worth it.
One irony for me is I am pretty nonconventional with respect to healthcare and lean more to alternative everything as long as the science is sound. I work in healthcare and have the advantage of knowing both sides of the fence and studied naturopathy. So, I delayed this procedure until the bitter end waiting for this type of lens to have enough proven success.
Researching just prior to assessment I noticed a theme from some patients who experienced a significant color shift in the visible spectrum. Most all report a blue shifting. I was quite surprised to find I fall into the small percentage camp of expanded visible light on both ends. I see into the UV light particularly in morning and evening light, and it looks like infrared as well on the color bar test. On the far right it goes from oranges into vivid peachy neon pinks. On the far left its a pleasant variety of shades of light purples, and in evenng light a beautiful sequence of lavenders to deep purples in sky that looks gray or blue to native eyes. I really like it. I'm going to test visibility in real blacklight conditions later tonight with my flourescent mineral specimens.
X-ray vision...well Shazaam Batman, I'm not able to see through flesh to the bones, and not through walls, and no cool Doppler shading for airflow dynamics. But I am really enjoying the purple and lavender skies and can actually see skin tone variations on others' faces as one would under a UV lamp. One interesting criteria I'm noticing is the difference between natural light and incandescent or flourescent. I can tell a difference between flourescent and natural light on a wall with the UV spectrum in the natural (sun) light.
