fred van rennie's is one of 70 people around the world who are being fitted with the august 2 retinal prosthesis system a device that is giving back some sight to people suffering from certain types of blindness in the past i have seen i played football on the field kind of thinking i can walk i can only bicycle it was not in one time but in its own fairing very slowly by the time you were 34 you could not see yes i don't know. your wife tanya have you ever seen her face yes. when i was 34 and she was 29 i'm not 58 years old in my mind she is still 29 years old i get that you know i thought you played out how do you feel being only the 3rd person in the country to have this. yes this. is the surgeon who will be operating on friday. it's exciting technology that is basically a little microchip we implant in the eye. blind people that are affected by everything like this because those are thanks to this. light in a healthy i the photo receptors in the retina converts light into electro chemical impulses that are sent through the optic nerve and into the brain condition such as retinitis