A group of canadian developers of Ocumetics Technology Corporation is testing a unique bionic lens. If the tests are successful, in the future it will not only help regain, but also to sharpen good normal vision, giving humanity superpowers.
The novelty is injected into the eye during standard cataract surgery and a hundred times reduces the load on the eye muscles. Due to this, the patient acquires the ability longer focus on the subject without fatigue, by studying the unaided human eye objects.
Unfortunately, development will not be able to cure blindness and clouding of the cornea, it is not able to restore the function of the optic nerve. However, she is able to help more effectively “deliver” the drugs, relieves the development of destructive processes in the organs of vision.
While the cost of the lenses without the cost of surgery is $ 3200 per piece (not pair).
Source: Big Think