POSTS TAGGED AS vision

Growing Corneas

Restored Functional Cornea from Stem Cells
Diseases and injury of the cornea are significant causes of blindness and usually treated with [MORE]

Telemedicine for Blinding Disease

Retinopathy of Prematurity
About half of all premature babies, born at or before 30 weeks gestation, suffer vision damage called “retinopathy [MORE]

Artificial Retina

Electrode to Record Retinal Activity
Retinas are comprised of several different cell layers, each with a particular purpose such as detecting [MORE]

Autofocusing Intraocular Implant

Elenza Lens
Owners of Canon SLR cameras are familiar with the EOS concept—i.e. eye operating system for autofocusing.  Now, something like [MORE]

Printing Retinas

3D Printed Retina
Ophthalmology researchers at Cambridge University have taken a large step toward engineering functional retinas using an ink [MORE]

Automated Screening for Glaucoma

Optic Disc
By taking a picture of the fundus of the eye, and then dividing that image into hundreds of [MORE]

Vision Restoring Brain Implant

Bionic eye diagram
Bioengineers at Monash University in Australia have developed a “bionic eye” that bypasses the human optic [MORE]

MIT’s “eyeNETRA”Camera

Raskar with eyeNETRA
Many people might be surprised to know that the pixel pitch of a smartphone camera exceeds that [MORE]

Nano-Electro Retinal Implants

Nanowire retina
With an increasing number of artificial nerve-tissue interfaces, it’s not surprising that engineers around the world are designing [MORE]

Prototype Bionic Eye that Detects Light

In a world’s first, surgeons at the Centre for Eye Research Australia have implanted a prototype bionic eye behind [MORE]

New Bionic Eye

Bio-Retina
Nano Retina, Inc. (Herzeliya Petnach, Israel) has devised a bionic eye that could allow some blind people to [MORE]

Press Release -Speakers Sought for Automate 2013 Conference

(Ann Arbor, Michigan – July 16, 2012)   Speakers are now being sought for the Automate 2013 conference in Chicago, January [MORE]

Contact Lenses Offering Wider Field of View

Innovega's Contact Lens
Ben Franklin figured out the advantage of bifocals in 1784, but it has taken more than two [MORE]

TruFocals: Adjustable Eyeglass Lens Technology

TruFocals
As eyes age, elasticity of the lens diminishes, resulting in vision impairment.  Bifocals and trifocals can correct problems, but [MORE]