Even though glasses have been around for hundreds of years and contacts were invented over 100 years ago, it has taken until this year for the world’s first FDA-approved bionic eyes to hit the market.
California-based company Second Sight developed the bionic eyes, utilizing its Argus II technology to create artificial retinas than can be implanted into patients. Currently, the only people allowed to receive a bionic eye are those with severe cases of retinitis pigmentosa.
