3D bioprinted eyes may give you perfect vision!

An Italian company is developing 3D bioprinted eyes that can one day replace human eyes to give the wearer sharp vision and even transmit what they have seen wirelessly.
Research studio Mhox has come up with the EYE (Enhance Your Eye) concept which it hopes will become a reality by January 2027.
The EYE will come in three models: EYE Heal, EYE Enhance, and EYE Advance.
The former would simply replace the eyes of the blind and visually impaired, while the latter two would offer enhancements such as filters, wireless communication, and high-acuity vision.
All three versions will be customisable in shape and retina colour, according to 'Gizmag'.

The researchers believe 3D bioprinting will make the advance possible, with different bio-inks providing the different types of cells and organic tissue required, all of which will automatically gather together.
Mhox partner and lead designer Filippo Nasetti told 'Dezeen' that subjects would have their natural eyes surgically removed in favour of a new organic component called the deck.
This deck would connect muscle fibres from the synthetic eye to the optical nerves in the brain, and it would allow new eyes to be swapped and upgraded easily.