Monash University is preparing to launch technology that should allow blind users to make out objects and other people World-leading technology that could help restore vision to a large numb... Read more
Using haptics to improve outcomes for people given visual prosthetics Normal vision is essentially a spatial sense that often relies upon touch and movement during and after development, the... Read more
The system is designed to treat near blindness caused by retinitis pigmentosa While the word prosthesis usually evokes images of artificial legs, arms, and these days even sophisticated thou... Read more
“These results have fulfilled our best expectations” In a major development, Bionic Vision Australia researchers have successfully performed the first implantation of an early prototyp... Read more
A new type of retinal prosthesis Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a sys... Read more
The aim for this vision prosthetic is to be at least equivalent to a seeing-eye dog or a white cane With over 285 million visually impaired people in the world, research into restoring visio... Read more
Improvements of 96 percent in object localization After receiving European market approval for its Argus II Retinal Prosthesis in 2011, Second Sight has published interim results of a... Read more
You might remember Rob Spence, known online as the Eyeborg for his project to create a working bionic eye. We wrote about him before, and interviewed him a while back, but the project has ad... Read more
The Argus II Retinal Implant from California-based company Second Sight has become the first retinal prosthesis for treatment of the blind approved for sale in Europe. The approval follows a... Read more
