A “sonar vision” system that enables people who are blind from birth to perceive the shape of a face, a house or even words and letters, is being developed by a team at the Hebrew University... Read more
Its Braille interface is easy to use and able to display over 100 characters The Clarity mobile phone concept by designer Mark DiLella has a host of features that aim to help the visually im... Read more
Improvements of 96 percent in object localization After receiving European market approval for its Argus II Retinal Prosthesis in 2011, Second Sight has published interim results of a... Read more
Blind users can identify complex objects, and even read words This Sensory Substitution Device uses the camera to gather visual data and then uses a rather nifty computer algorithm to... Read more
Two doses of gene therapy restore vision to three women who were born nearly blind Gene therapy has markedly improved vision in both eyes in three women who were born virtually blind. The pa... Read more
A New UCSF Study Shows Same Result Can Be Achieved with Half the Antibiotics A UCSF study shows a popular treatment for a potentially blinding eye infection is just as effective if gi... Read more
A pair of sunglasses wired to an electric "lollipop" helps the visually impaired regain optical sensations via a different pathway Read more
Donor corneas are extremely rare, but for 40,000 people in Europe corneal transplantation from donors offer the only hope of addressing blindness in one or both eyes. That was, until Dr. Joa... Read more