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Scientists have claimed a bionic eye could be here in just five years.

It is the second breakthrough in the medical fight to beat blindness announced in the past month.

The worlds first 3D artificial eyeball creates images using tiny sensors that mimic light-detecting cells found in a human eye.

And it could even be capable of sharper vision than the real thing, say the scientists behind it.

Professor Zhiyong Fan, from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, said: Our biomimetic eye has a size comparable to a human eye a bit more than 2cm in diameter. It can be used for visual prosthesis to help the blind or those visually impaired.

It can lead to a bionic eye.

News of the device comes after US scientists found they could restore vision by using a device that sends images from a camera straight into the brain.

Most adults lose their sight due to damage to the eyes or optic nerve. Researchers now think implanted electrodes can be stimulated to trace out shapes on the surface of the brain.

That would allow blind people to see again.

Previous attempts to stimulate the visual cortex have been far less successful.

Professor Michael Beauchamp, who is working on the study at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, said the next step would be to work with brain engineers to increase the number of electrodes used and make better images possible.

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World's first 'bionic eyeball' that could help beat blindness could be in use by 2025 - Daily Star

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