Category: Eye
Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System.
Bionic eyes successfully implanted into blind human patients. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008.
Prosthetic retina.
Micro camera implanted into the eye that will restore vision for the blind. (via)
Post date: Thursday, July 13th, 2006.
Pierced Glasses.
Eyewear that is mounted to the face by piercing the bridge of the nose.
Post date: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006.
Artificial compound eye.
Bioengineers used an array of 8700 hexagonal microlenses to successfully mimick the honeycomb pattern of an insect eye.
Post date: Thursday, April 27th, 2006.
Fusarium.
Mysterious eye fungus that causes blindness is spreading across the U.S. and seems to target soft contact lens wearers.
Post date: Thursday, April 6th, 2006.
Channelrhodopsin-2.
Green algae protein injected in retinal cells helps recover visual response in blind mice. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, April 5th, 2006.
Robo-chick.
Woman without eyes has device implanted into her brain that allows her to see. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006.
Mikulicz’s syndrome.
Shakespeare apparently died from a rare eye cancer. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, March 1st, 2006.
Trypanosoma cruzi.
Tropical parasite responsible for Chagas disease, a disease that shuts down the retina and causes night blindness.
Post date: Tuesday, February 28th, 2006.
Implantable collamer lens.
Artificial lens that is surgically placed on the eye to replace wearing glasses.
Post date: Tuesday, February 28th, 2006.
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