WASHINGTON – In the 1970s TV show “The Six Million Dollar Man,” the strapping young astronaut got a bionic eye. A U.S. company had hoped that next year that might be your grandmother.Not so fast, a ...
The Science Eye is an intriguing piece of technology. Developed by Science Corp., the bionic eye seeks to restore vision in patients suffering from a variety of vision-based diseases. But, it also ...
A new study at the University of Sydney has showcased promising results for a new bionic eye. A team of biomedical students at the university developed the device. After three months of studying the ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A degenerative eye disease slowly robbed Roger Pontz of his vision. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, he has been almost completely blind for years. Now, thanks to ...
"Without the glasses you can't see a thing, put the glasses on you can suddenly see. You get that wow factor every time you do it." Philip Booth, 60, has had bionic eyes for the last three and a half ...
More than 350 people have a discontinued retinal implant in their eyeballs. The invention was once a cutting-edge option for restoring sight, but it has been replaced by newer technologies. The ...
(CBS News) A bionic eye may soon help give some sight back to people who lost their vision due to a degenerative eye disease. The Argus II by Second Sight,which was approved by the Food and Drug ...
A bionic eye could give sight to millions in just five years, experts say. The world’s first 3D artificial eyeball is capable of sharper vision than a real human eye. Images are converted through tiny ...
Monash University is taking its feat to a whole new level with its most recent announcement that opens the world to the first human trials with brain implants using its Gennaris 'Bionic Eye' ...
A man who has been blind for 30 years has taken part in an experimental procedure at a London hospital to artificially restore his vision -- with a bionic eye. Ron, who has not revealed his surname, ...
Vision loss has long been treated as a one-way street, a devastating endpoint rather than a problem the brain might quietly ...
Biotechnology has become one of the fastest-growing areas of scientific research in the past 20 years, with new devices quickly going into clinical trials. We’ve seen successful bionic arms and legs, ...