Imagine being able to see again for the first time in 20 years. That’s exactly what happened to Mark Cornell, who became legally blind after serving in the U.S. Air Force for 18 years.
Watch this emotional video as he sees his friends for the first time with eSight, electronic glasses that let the legally blind see. The glasses use a camera and advanced computing to create real-time video. The video can be enhanced and magnified for people suffering from vision impairment. This new technology comes at a hefty price-tag, starting at $15,000.
See if you can’t spot his hilarious pun when asked what it’s like to see with the glasses on. I certainly loved his answer.
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Thank you, science. We are now one amazing step closer to Geordi La Forge from Star Trek.
I wonder what his reaction was when he first looked at himself in the mirror after not seeing himself for twenty years. It had to be pretty shocking. Perhaps he said, “These glasses look really silly on me.”
See how the glasses work:
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