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Sheila Nirenberg: Uma prótese ocular para tratar a cegueira

Filmed Oct 2011 • Posted Dec 2011TEDMED 2011
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Na TEDMED, Sheila Nirenberg revela uma forma audaciosa para criar a visão em pessoas com certos tipos de cegueira: ligações ao nervo óptico que enviam sinais directamente para o cérebro a partir de uma câmara.

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 by João Pedro Cotrim
Reviewed by Miguel Cabral de Pinho
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