Spanish researchers developed an “artificial retina” that beams sight directly into the brain of blind patients
It's by no means perfect just yet, but the results are very encouraging.
Tag: blindness
Myanmar eliminates trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness
Myanmar has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem.
Blind CEO develops smart cane that can use Google Maps to navigate surroundings
A remarkable technology that enables the blind to use navigation apps with ease.
Doctors restore patient’s sight with stem cells, offering new hope for cure to blindness
Researchers safely and effectively implanted a specially engineered patch of retinal pigment epithelium cells derived from stem cells to treat people ...
How blind people dream — the experience is just as rich, science says
Most blind people can't see in their dreams, but their experience is just as rich as everyone else's.
Half the world will need glasses by 2050
Nearly half the world's population, close to some 5 billion people, will develop myopia by 2050 according to a study ...
Blind pensioner can see again following bionic eye implant
An 80-year-old man suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - the most common cause of sight loss in the world ...
Star Trek walking cane lends virtual touch to the blind
The walking cane has helped the blind navigate obstacles for thousands of years, and its design has remained largely unchanged ...
This is not SciFi: software update slated for bionic eye will grant higher resolution and colour vision
The Argus II is the first bionic eye implant, designed to grant the blind vision, that has been approved by ...
Virtual game for the blind help them navigate their surroundings
It's rather difficult to imagine a video game for the blind, seeing they can't actually see, but what people should ...
Retina implant restores sight to the blind
In the culmination of 15 years worth of painstaking research work related to retina implants, scientists from Germany and Hungary ...
Chemical lets blind mice see instantly – no surgery, chips or genetic alteration
Remarkably, researchers University of California, Berkeley have discovered that a chemical called AAQ can temporarily restore the vision in blind mice. ...
Sensing technology destined for robots adapted to help the blind navigate
One of the most sophisticated parts of a robot is its navigation system, why requires precise sensing and processing of ...
Algae gene therapy could cure blindness
Researchers have managed to restore light perception to mice through gene therapy, by inserting algae genes into the retina. The ...