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Sheila Nirenberg: Uma prótese de olho para tratar cegueira

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No TEDMED, Sheila Nirenberg apresenta uma forma ousada de criar visão em pessoas com certos tipos de cegueira: conectando o nervo óptico e enviando sinais de uma câmera diretamente ao cérebro.

Sheila Nirenberg studies how the brain encodes information -- possibly allowing us to decode it, and maybe develop prosthetic sensory devices. Full bio »

Translated into Portuguese, Brazilian by Isabel Villan
Reviewed by Rafael Eufrasio
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