State media outlet Xinhua reports that she is the first person in China to receive a homegrown, high-resolution retina-based visual brain-computer interface (BCI) implant. For those unfamiliar, Visual Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology serves as a direct communication pathway between the human brain and an external device. When I told the doctors, they said “you are right,” it felt like I could really see again. The next day things became clearer, I recognized the letter “C,” then I recognized the letter “H.” As such, the trial isn’t finished yet, as doctors say that there’s more fine-tuning to be done with the test as it progresses along.