the best option, a corneal transplant. hard to get with a shortage of donors and requiring a lifetime of drugs to fend off rejection. now doctors have opened a whole new door. an artificial cornea made of human collagen. almost like a contact lens sewn into your eye. it actually coaxes the cornea to regrow natural cells and nerves, restoring sight. it does not appear that there are downsides. because none of our patients showed any signs of rejection. reporter: it s just one of many recent breakthroughs. this year, doctors were able to grow corneas by using patients own stem cells. this cincinnati boy, born without irises, could only see in black and white. until doctors implanted a silicone iris implant that allowed him to see vivid colors. good. good that i could see colors i was supposed to see. reporter: a tiny telescope implant allowed this man, suffering from macular degeneration, to see for the first time in years. i think this should give great hope to people with
we want instantaneous messaging. who knew all this our bodies are being affected in different ways. austin cohen, thanks so much. now i ll be like this all day you may have seen eye scanners in sci-fi movies and airports. you may not expect them to eliminate errors in health care. gary tuckman takes a long look at this edge of discovery. reporter: this health clinic in new york city is serving a community in need. the south bronx is one of the poorest congressional districts in the country. reporter: urban health plan is trying to meet those needs with the help of cutting-edge technology. when patients first visit the clinic, technicians take a picture of their iris and get other information like name and birth date. no two irises have the same
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recognition device. dozens of law enforcement agencies nationwide are about to start using this thing as early as september. the device is attached to iphones allowing officers to take pictures of people s faces, even scan their irises and then check for be matches in a criminal database. jamie colby is in our new york city newsroom with a look at it. reporter: hey, jon. this is very cool stuff, very csi. it s called morris, it s a hand held biometric device, and it can recognize people based on their eyes, their face, even their fingerprints. it connects to a smartphone, and that allows an officer to snap a picture of someone s face from up to five feet away or scan an iris from up to 6 inches away, and then they can do an immediate search of a database. the database actually growing for about four years now, and it s been installed in 48 states. the handheld system costs
we re talking about a new facial recognition device. dozens of law enforcement agencies nationwide are about to start using this thing as early as september. the device is attached to iphones allowing officers to take pictures of people s faces, even scan their irises and then check for be matches in a criminal database. jamie colby is in our new york city newsroom with a look at it. reporter: hey, jon. this is very cool stuff, very csi. it s called morris, it s a hand held biometric device, and it can recognize people based on their eyes, their face, even their fingerprints. it connects to a smartphone, and that allows an officer to snap a picture of someone s face from up to five feet away or scan an iris from up to 6 inches away, and then they can do an immediate search of a database. the database actually growing for about four years now, and it s been installed in 48 states. the handheld system costs