What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - When Your Retina Needs a Software Update
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🗓️ 6 March 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Second Sight restored partial vision to hundreds of patients around the world through retinal implants. Then, on the verge of bankruptcy, they abandoned the project. Now, over 300 patients with Second Sight technology in their bodies are asking: what will happen to us?
Guest: Eliza Strickland, senior editor at IEEE Spectrum
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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| 0:00.0 | Sam Mendes presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, an audible original drama. |
| 0:05.6 | The young gentleman's name would be... |
| 0:08.3 | Oliver, Oliver Twist. |
| 0:10.7 | ...with Brian Cox as Fagan. |
| 0:12.9 | What have you seen? Street boy. |
| 0:14.9 | Nicola Cochlan as Nancy and Daniel Caluia as Bill Sykes. |
| 0:19.3 | Oh, look at me like a hello to my lawyer! |
| 0:21.3 | I love you, Bill! |
| 0:22.3 | ...with original music by Dan Gillespie Cells. |
| 0:25.7 | Subscription required, see audible.co.uk for terms. |
| 0:35.3 | So, what can you see right now? |
| 0:37.4 | Uh, nothing now. |
| 0:39.2 | Nothing now. |
| 0:40.3 | Everybody ready? |
| 0:41.1 | Okay. |
| 0:41.9 | Three, two, one. |
| 0:44.2 | Start stimulation. |
| 0:46.0 | Yes. |
| 0:46.7 | Can I see? |
| 0:47.7 | Oh my goodness. |
| 0:48.5 | Wow, what is this? |
| 0:49.3 | Yes. |
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