FASTER, PLEASE: Colorado Woman Gets Bionic Eye, Steve Green writes:

Carley’s “sight” is expected to improve further over the coming months, as her brain learns to interpret digital visual input.

While I don’t show any signs of it, macular degeneration — which is what it sounds like Carley suffers — runs on my Dad’s side of the family. My grandfather suffered it early onset, and by the time he was 70 all he had left was his peripheral vision.

My dad and his sister both suffered from macular degeneration in their last years as well, before they each passed away in their mid-80s. As Steve writes, “Needless to say, I’ll be closely following this story and others like it.”