Join the club for FREE to access the whole archive and other member benefits.

Revolutionizing wireless device for the people with impaired vision

Second Sight’s Orion device is not out of the lab and completely mobile

18-Sep-2019

Key points from article :

Blind people can detect motion, distinguish light and dark with a wireless device.

Device is geared to people who used to be able to see but lost their vision to injury or disease.

Images are captured by a tiny video camera mounted on sunglasses.

Captured images convert into a series of electrical pulses, which stimulate implanted electrodes.

Along with the glasses, the system also includes a belt equipped with a button.

Six people who received the implant are very satisfied with the result.

Research has done by scientists at UCLA Health.

Mentioned in this article:

Click on resource name for more details.

Nader Pouratian

Neurological Surgery specialist.

UCLA Health

Health care provider.

Topics mentioned on this page:
Brain Interface, Vision (augmentation)