Night Vision (Photo : Reuters)
Biohackers have successfully tested their own night vision eye drops, which gives an average person's eyes the capability to see in the dark.
Gabriel Licina, a "grinder" from the Science for the Masses website, agreed to undergo a biohacking procedure that would allow his eyes to see even in the absence of light.
The procedure required Licina's eyes to be pinned open in order to avoid blinking. After being held open, his eyes were then flushed with a saline solution to wash away any possible contaminants. The biohackers then proceeded to squirt three doses of 50 microliters of the black Ce6 (Chlorine e6) solution onto his eyeballs, according to CNET.
The basis for the night vision experiment was the fact that Ce6 was already being used to help patients with night blindness conditions and to improve eyes to see in the dark.
Licina's eyes were given two hours to rest and absorb the Ce6 liquid. After waiting, he was then asked to identify several markings on different items inside a dark area 10 meters away from him.
The test was also taken outside at night. Licina was asked to laser point several people who were hiding in trees. He successfully passed each test without a mistake.
The control testers, whose eyes were not treated with the night vision eye drops, only managed to be correct about 30 percent of the time, according to Engadget.
Around 24 hours after the experiment, Licina's eyes went back to normal. About three weeks after, the biohackers said that there were no side effects.
Licina and Jeffrey Tibetts, co-founder of the biohacking website, said that more research was required to fully reap the benefits and to determine whether it was really safe or not.
