10/27/2010 PERMALINK
Scientists create first cyborg balance implant. SOURCE : Researchers at the University of Washington are pioneering cyborg implants for balance restoration. On October 21st a team at the UW Medical Center, including Jay Rubinstein and James Phillips, successfully installed a cochlear implant in a 56 year old male. Unlike most cochlear implants, this device wasn’t connected to improve the patient’s hearing, but to override misfiring balance signals in his inner ear.