In English Manchester carried out a successful operation to insert a bionic implant 80-year-old ray Flynn. He suffered from partial loss of vision — regularly worked only peripheral. the "When I used to look at the plants in the garden, we saw like a honeycomb in the centre of the eye", — shares retired journalist with The Guardian.

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In English Manchester carried out a successful operation to insert a bionic implant 80-year-old ray Flynn. He suffered from partial loss of vision — regularly worked only peripheral. the "When I used to look at the plants in the garden, we saw like a honeycomb in the centre of the eye", — shares retired journalist with The Guardian.

Senile blindness overtook ray 8 years ago, when he almost lost Central vision. Now the man can not only distinguish the outline of objects, but also to watch on TV the matches of your favorite "Manchester United". According to the brother of ray, before he had to sit in a certain position in front of the TV and watch the corner of my eye.

When wearing special glasses man can see with his eyes closed. The implant, which introduced the British, wirelessly receives the video signal, converted into electrical impulses. They fall to the electrodes on the surface of the retina. They in turn stimulate the remaining cells of the retina on the perception of forms of light and transmit them to the brain. The patient re-learns to interpret these visual cues, returning to his full vision.