Glaucoma is a common condition which can cause a loss of vision if not treated. Now ‘goggles’ which deliver pulses of electricity to the optic nerve are being trialled as a new way of halting its progress.
Biotech
This groundbreaking device offers restoration of sight to people with vision loss due to dry AMD
In a study, Doctors from Moorfields Eye Hospital successfully implanted a microchip in a woman’s retina, restoring some vision to her blind eye. After having normal vision for most of her life, the 88-year-old suffered from dry age-related macular degeneration, causing her to lose sight in one eye.
Acoustic virtual reality game helps blind and partially sighted people to orient themselves
Researchers at the IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) developed an acoustic virtual reality-based archery game, enabling blind people to experience for the first time this type of technology, which is typically focused on vision.
New implant restores vision for blind biology teacher
A Biology Teacher who totally lost the ability to sense light 16 years ago temporarily regained enough vision to discern letters and shapes thanks to a brain implant that interfaced with special glasses, reports an October 19 paper in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Blind man uses EyeMusic to ‘recognize visual images
Israeli neuroscientists trained a 50-year-old man, blind from birth, to recognize objects using a sensory substitution algorithm called EyeMusic.
EnChroma introduces world’s first safety glasses for colour blindness
EnChroma launches world’s first safety glasses for people with colour blindness
Russian researchers developing brain implant to improve vision for the blind
Russian researchers at the ‘Sensor-Tekh’ laboratory and the Foundation For the Support of the Deaf and Blind, ‘So-edinenie’ have developed the first Russian neural brain implant that will improve vision for the blind. The device was presented at Moscow’s Skolkovo innovation center in late June 2021.
New non-contact laser imaging system technology could enable early detection and treatment of eye diseases
A non-contact laser imaging system could help doctors diagnose and treat eye diseases that cause blindness much earlier than is now possible.
Australian researcher develops low-cost retina to restore sight
A researcher at the University of Sydney is developing a printable device that acts like a retina and could one day restore sight to blind people.
Researchers are developing a new type of retinal implant
A team of researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne has developed a retinal implant that transposes images acquired by camera-equipped smart glasses into a simplified, black and white image made from 10,500 pixels.
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