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HEALTH AND MEDICINE Man Has Night Vision Injected Into His Eyeballs March 28, 2015 | by Janet Fang photo credit: YuryZap/shutterstock.com A group of biohackers say they’ve figured out a way to inject our eyeballs with night vision, or lowlight vision anyway. The procedure has allowed one superhuman to temporarily see over 50 meters (164 feet) in the dark, Mic reports . The team from Californiabased Science for the Masses (SfM) utilized a compound called Chlorin e6 (or Ce6), which is found in some deepsea fish. It’s also occasionally used to treat night blindness and even cancer. Previous studies have injected the chemical as a photosensitizer into animal models. “After doing the research, you have to take the next step,” says Jeffrey Tibbetts, SfM's medical officer. So SfM’s biochem researcher Gabriel Licina agreed to become a human lab rat. First, Licina’s eyes were flushed clean and his eyelids were stretched out with a speculum (no blinking!). Then Tibbetts used a pipette to drop 50 microliters of a blackish solution— Ce6 mixed with saline, insulin, and dimethlysulfoxide (DMSO)—into his eyes. Specifically, he was aiming for the conjunctival sac, which should help carry the compound to the light sensing retina. DMSO increased the permeability of the cells for better absorption. "To me, it was a quick, greenishblack blur across my vision, and then it dissolved into my eyes," Licina tells Mic . He then put protective lenses in his eyes to block out some light; sunglasses helped too. After two hours, the team tested Licinia's newfound superpower in a dark field. At first, Licina was able to see handsized shapes about 10 meters (33 feet) away. In time, he was able to recognize symbols (like numbers and letters) as well as objects moving against different backgrounds at longer distances. In one test, he had to indicate where people were located in a grove of trees 50 meters away using a laser pointer. He got it right every time, even when the subjects were technology health and medicine plants and animals environment Choose your poison Editor's Blog Environment Technology Space Health and Medicine The Brain Plants and Animals Physics Chemistry POPULAR POSTS Company Claims Their Flying Car Will Hit Markets In Two Years Scientists Convert Cancer Cells Into Harmless Immune Cells Two New Species Of Vampire Crabs Discovered Costa Rica Has Only Used Renewable Energy For Electricity This Year Search by keyword find

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  • 3/30/2015 ManHasNightVisionInjectedIntoHisEyeballs|IFLScience

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    HEALTH AND MEDICINE

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

    photocredit:YuryZap/shutterstock.com

    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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