4. New bionic eye lens surgery could give everyone better than 20/20 vision in 8 minutes.
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Some tout it as “super-human” vision: the ability to see at three times the previously considered perfect 20/20. This will likely be possible in the very near future, thanks to Dr. Garth Webb, an optometrist in British Columbia whose own faulty vision inspired him to create the bionic lens.
In a surgery that would take roughly eight minutes, the new custom-made, personalized lens would be painlessly attached to the eye, and immediately provide better than perfect vision for the rest of the wearer’s life — making glasses, contacts, and even cataracts a thing of the past. That is, if you are over 25 years old; it’s at that age when the human eye stops developing and you become eligible for the surgery.
