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Caused by bacterial infections or diseases such as keratoconus, thinning of the cornea can lead to blindness if not addressed. An experimental new injectable material could help keep that from happening, by thickening compromised corneas when triggered… Continue reading Light-activated cornea-thickening biomaterial could save patients’ sight
Most snakes can only see the colors blue and green, along with ultraviolet light in some cases. New research, however, suggests that sea snakes have evolved to actually regain the wider-color vision of their earliest ancestors.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading In an evolutionary rarity, sea snakes may have regained lost color vision
Most of the impacts of a warming planet are fairly obvious. But here’s a strange one: researchers have found that older adults living in climates with higher average temperatures suffer a significantly increased rate of serious vision impairments.Conti… Continue reading Puzzling link between hotter weather and vision impairment found
Inspired by how the human eye sees, processes, and sends information to the brain, researchers have created a tiny device that captures, recognizes and memorizes images enabling it to make quick, real-time decisions based on what it sees. The device co… Continue reading Eye-inspired device memorizes what it sees, enables real-time decisions
Inspired by how the human eye sees, processes, and sends information to the brain, researchers have created a tiny device that captures, recognizes and memorizes images enabling it to make quick, real-time decisions based on what it sees. The device co… Continue reading Eye-inspired device memorizes what it sees, enables real-time decisions
It goes without saying that the cameras on self-driving cars can’t see around the corners of buildings. The ORCa computer vision system, however, could one day allow them to do so … with a little help from shiny objects that they can see.Continue Readi… Continue reading MIT’s ORCa tech uses reflections on glossy objects to see hidden views
Scientists in Canada have developed a new technique that may one day help restore some sight to patients with inherited vision impairment. The regenerative therapy works by expressing genes that convert dormant cells into new light-sensing cells in the… Continue reading Gene therapy could help restore vision lost to degenerative disease
In an effort to help vision-impaired people enjoy taking photographs, Sony has paired with QD Laser to create a retinal projection camera kit. By bypassing the outer layers of the eyes, the kit allows those who would otherwise have difficulty doing so … Continue reading New kit beams images straight onto the retina from Sony camera
One of the leading causes of blindness, age-related macular degeneration causes the center of an older person’s vision to become blurry or even completely absent. Arges glasses are designed to help, by relocating the unseen images.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Arges glasses move missing images for visually impaired users
Fruit flies differ from us in a great many ways, including the fact that they can’t move their eyes relative to the rest of their head. That’s not a problem, however, as new research shows that they move their retinas within their unmoving eyes instead… Continue reading Fruit flies found to move their retinas, instead of moving their eyes