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Patients receive miniature telescope implant to improve vision
Three patients in Italy have been successfully implanted with SING IMT, an implantable miniature telescope that improves vision in late-stage age-related macular degeneration, according to a press release from Samsara Vision.
How to connect two pairs of AirPods to one iPhone to share audio
In the steps below we’ll show you how to connect two AirPods pairs to one iPhone or iPad for shared listening, plus how to disconnect the extra AirPods once you’re done. If you would rather use one set of AirPods and split the audio so you and a partner can each listen with one AirPod, you’ll need to change an audio setting instead. Here’s how to connect two pairs of AirPods to one phone:
These goggles’ deliver pulses of electricity to stop glaucoma
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.
Talking bathroom scale for weighing yourself in 2022
This accessible bathroom scale is for people with visual impairments:
Edmonton Airport adds accessibility services for passengers
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) has teamed up with Aira, an online service that provides live, real-time assistance to people with visual impairments. EIA is now part of the Aira Airport Network and a designated facility within the Aira online app for users. When a passenger who is visually impaired arrives at EIA they can use this app to call up a live agent who will guide them through the airport by using the camera in a smartphone. The agent can assist in reading information for passengers as well as navigation through the airport and even support safety by encouraging physical distancing from other people where possible. The agent and Aira now have detailed information and maps of EIA, including the ability to determine where a user is inside the airport to help guide them. According to the Canadian Council for the Blind and results in its 2021 report, there are approximately 124,000 Albertans who have mild to severe vision loss.
This haptic feedback sleeve and goggles allow blind people to ‘see’ with their arm
Two researchers with the Center for Digital Technology and Management, Technical University of Munich, have developed a haptic feedback sleeve and goggle system that allows blind people to partially “see” with the skin on their arm. Manuel Zahn and Armaghan Ahmad Khan published a paper describing their sleeve and goggle system on the arXiv preprint server.
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.
How to Use Walking Steadiness to Prevent Falls on iOS 15
Important: Walking Steadiness works on iPhones 8 and newer running iOS 15 or later. It’s also important to remember that Walking Steadiness metrics can’t prevent falls altogether, but they do provide helpful data to allow you to keep track of risk factors and movement patterns related to fall risk.
First person in the world receives 3D printed prosthesis
A British engineer named Steve Verze became the first person in the world to receive an eyeball prosthesis printed with 3D technology. The 40-year-old man lost his left eye in his youth and has since been wearing a prosthesis that had to be replaced every five years.
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