A recent report by the WHO showed that 39 million people suffer from blindness in the world and 246 million people are visually impaired (WHO 2013). Indeed, there is a certain need for a device to restore sight to the blind. Second Sight Center has successfully created a prosthetic device: the Argus II bionic eye. This device is an auspicious artificial eye, which can give hope of seeing to the blind. It is considered an innovation based on O'Sullivan's (2008) definition as "the process of making changes, large and small, radical and incremental, to products, processes and services that result in the introduction of some something new for the company. organization that adds value to customers and contributes to the organization's knowledge base. This essay will first present the origin as well as the mechanism of the bionic eye then its effectiveness on individuals and society followed by its critique. The bionic eye is not a new invention. The idea of ​​creating a retinal prosthesis has been around for decades. The origin of this idea remains anonymous, but it was in 1998 that Mann, Williams and Bjorg founded Second Sight Medical Products to make this theory a reality. The first prosthesis system called Argus I was introduced in 2002. However, this device only offers a very limited view with only 6 electrodes included. So, in 2006, Argus II emerged as the next innovation and offered some hope of restoring sight. The eye seems to be a complicated device, it is quite simple to understand. According to the Bionics Institute and the International Journal of Computer Science and Communication, the bionic or bioelectronic eye is a prosthesis that mimics the retina...... middle of article ......ch 2014]O'Sullivan , Dooley. 2008. Applying innovation. SAGE Publishing. Available at: http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/23137_Chapter_1.pdf [Accessed April 18, 2014]. Anthony. 2012. ExtremeTech. The laser-powered bionic eye that gives blind people 576-pixel grayscale vision [online]. Available at: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/132918-the-laser-powered-bionic-eye-that-gives-576-pixel-grayscale-vision-to-the-blind [Accessed March 4, 2014 ] .Moore. 2013. CNET. World's first approved bionic eye to launch in US [online]. Available at: http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/worlds-first-approved-bionic-eye-to-launch-in-us [Accessed March 3, 2014].Second Sight. 2012. Second Sight EN 2012 Argus II Retinal prosthesis system Artificial retina Bionic eye [Online]. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi_HpbFKnSw#t=18 [Accessed March 4 2014].