[Trufa]

> it sounds like a hack performed by some back-alley doc in a dystopic science fiction story...

I mean, they did manage to give him back his sight for a limited period of time, that's pretty amazing technology if you ask me, not the kind a hack would achieve, but yes, it's very unfortunate that he lost it again, that must be some terrible pain.

I agree it might not sound too professional, but it seems to me that it's more about how this article is putting it and the reality may be more complex.

[userbinator]

The style of experimentation that he did definitely fits the definition of "hack" in the sense of the hacker spirit, i.e. he didn't really care for anything other than getting it working. "F*ck the regulations, if these people want to see again then that's what I'm going to make happen."