Earlier this year, many people with #Argus #OpticalImplants - which allow blind people to see - lost their vision when the manufacturer, #SecondSight, went bust:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete

#NanoPrecisionMedical, the company's new owners, aren't interested in maintaining the implants, so that's the end of the road for everyone with one of Argus's "bionic" eyes.

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