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Thankfully British soldier Craig Lundberg, 24, who was blinded in Iraq three years ago, doesn't have to lick objects and faces to have an idea of where he should be looking. Thanks to some innovative, ground-breaking technology, Lundberg can 'see', albeit sketchily, via some glasses with a video-camera built in and a clever, electrode-stimulating object that sits on his tongue. Sky News explain how the kit works: “The device consists of a high-tech 'lollipop' that rests on Craig's tongue. It converts images from a video camera, that he wears on a pair of glasses, into signals that stimulate electrodes on the lollipop. The