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Man Has Night Vision Injected Into His EyeballsMarch28,2015|byJanetFang

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Agroupofbiohackerssaytheyvefiguredoutawaytoinjectoureyeballswithnightvision,orlowlightvisionanyway.Theprocedurehasallowedonesuperhumantotemporarilyseeover50meters(164feet)inthedark,Micreports.

TheteamfromCaliforniabasedSciencefortheMasses(SfM)utilizedacompoundcalledChlorine6(orCe6),whichisfoundinsomedeepseafish.Itsalsooccasionallyusedtotreatnightblindnessandevencancer.Previousstudieshaveinjectedthechemicalasaphotosensitizerintoanimalmodels.Afterdoingtheresearch,youhavetotakethenextstep,saysJeffreyTibbetts,SfM'smedicalofficer.SoSfMsbiochemresearcherGabrielLicinaagreedtobecomeahumanlabrat.

First,Licinaseyeswereflushedcleanandhiseyelidswerestretchedoutwithaspeculum(noblinking!).ThenTibbettsusedapipettetodrop50microlitersofablackishsolutionCe6mixedwithsaline,insulin,anddimethlysulfoxide(DMSO)intohiseyes.Specifically,hewasaimingfortheconjunctivalsac,whichshouldhelpcarrythecompoundtothelightsensingretina.DMSOincreasedthepermeabilityofthecellsforbetterabsorption."Tome,itwasaquick,greenishblackbluracrossmyvision,andthenitdissolvedintomyeyes,"LicinatellsMic.Hethenputprotectivelensesinhiseyestoblockoutsomelightsunglasseshelpedtoo.

Aftertwohours,theteamtestedLicinia'snewfoundsuperpowerinadarkfield.Atfirst,Licinawasabletoseehandsizedshapesabout10meters(33feet)away.Intime,hewasabletorecognizesymbols(likenumbersandletters)aswellasobjectsmovingagainstdifferentbackgroundsatlongerdistances.

Inonetest,hehadtoindicatewherepeoplewerelocatedinagroveoftrees50metersawayusingalaserpointer.Hegotitrighteverytime,evenwhenthesubjectswere

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standingupagainstatreeorshrub.Thefourpeopleinthecontrolgroupweresuccessfulaboutathirdofthetime.

Bythenextmorning,hiseyesightseemedtohavereturnedtonormal.Sofar,therehavebeennonoticeableeffects.Thefullreportabouttheirexperimentisavailableonline.

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