1. A Look into Current Research and Future Prospects BIONIC EYE

2. Blindness Inability to see

8. Structure of the Eye

9. The Retina

10. The Eye with Retina

14. Retinitis Pigmentosa ( Opthalmoscope View ) NORMAL EYE DEFECTIVE EYE

15. Macular Degeneration (Opthalmoscope View) NORMAL EYE DEFECTIVE EYE

18. Site of Implant

22. The Whole Picture

25. Artificial Retina Prosthesis using ASR ( Artificial Silicon Retina )

31. Enhancement of the image quality using the ASR

36. Micro photodiodes

39. ASR implanted into the eye

41. Multiple Unit Artificial Retina Chipset (MARC)

42. Conceptual Design

43. Platinum on Silicone Rubber Electrode Array

44. MARC Photoreceptor and Stimulating Pixel

45. Photograph of MARC Chip

46. MARC System Block Diagram

47. 10x10 Stimulator Chip With Telemetry Decoding 10x10 Stimulator Chip With Telemetry Decoding

48. Block diagram of Image Acquisition System

49. MARC Hermetic Sealing and Positioning

52. Where are we headed?

53. Bionic Man????????