Just thinking out of the box......
Could this device be used in devices to help the near blind?
I think I have seen devices that integrate optical nerves with ccd cams.
Then the ccd gives impulses to the optical nerve and gives a very vague picture to the brain. Maybe some ingenuity on the software side of things could make these vague pics 'sharper'.
This following article is not the one I was after, but my google skills are sometimes off....
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38207410/Arteficial-Eye#
And now just reading some of it ...I'm not sure of the validity.....then again I have no idea about biochemistry et al........
Anyway Just a thought...
Bartman