{"id":70450,"date":"2022-11-22T17:25:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=70450"},"modified":"2025-09-08T02:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T23:22:13","slug":"neuralink-rival-develops-neural-implant-to-treat-blindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/neuralink-rival-develops-neural-implant-to-treat-blindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuralink rival develops neural implant to treat blindness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Science, the company owned by Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak, <a href=\"https:\/\/science.xyz\/news\/announcing-the-science-eye\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">unveiled<\/a> the Science Eye neural interface to treat eye diseases that cause blindness.<\/p>\n<p>The startup focuses on photonics. Its specialists do not implant chips deep in the brain as Neuralink does, but instead use light and the eye\u2019s optic nerve.<\/p>\n<p>Science Eye is a thin LED film 2 ml wide that is implanted on the surface of the retina behind the eyelid. The operation lasts about two hours, but in the future the company plans to cut this time in half.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"970\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1x-1-7-1024x970.jpg\" alt=\"Neuralink rival develops neural implant to treat blindness\" class=\"wp-image-191510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1x-1-7-1024x970.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1x-1-7-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1x-1-7-768x727.jpg 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1x-1-7-1536x1455.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1x-1-7.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Science Eye implant. Data: Science.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the device to function, the cells of the optic nerve must become light-sensitive. To achieve this, specialists inject an artificial protein into the eye.<\/p>\n<p>After implantation, the patient must wear special glasses with built-in cameras and a processor. They convert images into patterns that the visual nerve can read and transmit the data wirelessly to the LED film for processing.<\/p>\n<p>The startup notes that the system is intended to treat <span data-descr=\"hereditary, degenerative eye disease affecting peripheral vision\" class=\"old_tooltip\">retinitis pigmentosa<\/span> and <span data-descr=\"progressive damage to the macula, causing gradual loss of central vision\" class=\"old_tooltip\">macular degeneration<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists at Science have already tested the device on rabbits. In the next two years the company plans to begin human trials.<\/p>\n<p>Science was founded in 2021 and has already attracted $160 million.<\/p>\n<p>In October, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, developed a neural interface, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/scientists-develop-a-brain-computer-interface-that-translates-brain-waves-into-words\">that converts brain waves into words<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In February, animal-rights activists accused Neuralink of <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musks-neuralink-accused-of-cruel-treatment-of-animals\">causing &#8216;severe suffering&#8217; to the monkeys used in experiments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Pixium Vision developed an AI-based eye implant that restored the sight of a woman who was nearly blind.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the news from the world of AI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science, the company owned by Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak, unveiled the Science Eye neural interface to treat eye diseases that cause blindness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1414,167],"class_list":["post-70450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-medicine","tag-research"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"15","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70452,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70450\/revisions\/70452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}