Woman Volunteered for Cutting-Edge Eye Implant, Years Later Hears a Small Beeping Before Her Entire World Goes Dark

Hundreds of people are being plunged back into the dark as their bionic eye devices fail after the company that made them stopped supporting the tech. It is a tale of the wonders of technology but also a warning that new tech does not mean permanency.

People often have the mistaken notion that once something is invented, manufactured and sold, we have it with us forever. But many people who found life-changing relief with the Argus retinal implant systems are now finding that they risk being returned to blindness — or worse, serious medical distress.

Many were implanted with the Argus systems over the past two decades, giving them enough sight to go about their lives. For many, Argus was a revelation that gave them an amazing increase in their standard of living.

One of them, a New Yorker named Barbara Campbell, says that she had her device implanted to compensate for a genetic disease that rendered her completely blind in her 30s. But Campbell says last year when she was walking through the New York subway system, she heard a few odd beeping noises — then everything went black when her device completely failed her, according to IEWW Spectrum.

Another patient, Terry Byland, received his Second Sight system for both his eyes. But now he faces the same fate as Campbell as he sits in rueful anticipation of failure.

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DAMN! That must be scary as hell. GEEZ....what if someone were driving when it happened?

Elizabeth Theus wrote:DAMN!  That must be scary as hell.  GEEZ....what if someone were driving when it happened?

Lots of things can kill you whilst driving, Happens all the time

vege57 wrote:

Elizabeth Theus wrote:DAMN!  That must be scary as hell.  GEEZ....what if someone were driving when it happened?

Lots of things can kill you whilst driving, Happens all the time

So if you are in your car minding your own business and are hit by one of those people who are suddenly blind, you should have no problem because after all, "Lots of things can kill you whilst driving, Happens all the time"...

I saw this many years ago.  I was in a seven eleven picking up a coffee and their whole system went down.  They couldn't sell, you couldn't buy.  The people behind the register couldn't take money and give back correct change.    I thought at the time....this is gonna be a problem.

stop your medical devices, stop the banks, stop your heating and cooling in your house, stop your car, stop you from shopping, stop your phone, tv, radio, computer, .......stop your pacemaker.....

RV wrote:

vege57 wrote:

Elizabeth Theus wrote:DAMN!  That must be scary as hell.  GEEZ....what if someone were driving when it happened?

Lots of things can kill you whilst driving, Happens all the time

So if you are in your car minding your own business and are hit by one of those people who are suddenly blind, you should have no problem because after all, "Lots of things can kill you whilst driving, Happens all the time"...

I was thinking of saying the same thing, not to mention killing herself. But, figured it would be wasted on a troll...