Bionic eye trial shows promising long-term results in restoring vision
Insight Ophthalmic News - 19-Jun-2024Significant improvements in navigation, object location, and daily activities
Vision News Archive
Smart contact lens setback: Mojo Vision pivots to MicroLED displays
The Verge - 07-Jan-2023MicroLED tech could revolutionize the display industry but is still in its early stages of development
Mojo Vision announces new industry-leading prototype for eye-controlled AR-enabled contact lens
Mojo Vision - 30-Mar-2022Throwing away the augmented-reality headsets would really open up a new world of opportunities
Lights go off for people with obsolete Second Sight retinal implants
BBC - 17-Feb-2022No promised upgrades, and no vision at all for some recipients
Phoenix 99 bionic eye shows promise in restoring vision in patients
BBC - 14-Feb-2022Early trials on sheeps show success in bypassing damaged retina cells
Mojo lens overlays content onto real world without disturbing your vision
CNET - 25-Aug-2021Smart lenses of the future: Mojo aims to assist in better vision using AR technology
Bionic eye implant will restore vision to the blind
CISION PR Newswire - 16-Feb-2021Medical Research Future Fund Grants AU $1M to progress vision processing software
Injectable nanoparticles that enhance vision in mice
Scientific American - 12-Dec-2020Might help the army with night vision & even treat people with colour blindness
A potential therapy for blinding retinal diseases
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - 03-Nov-2020Researchers engineer novel protein that restores vision in blind mice via gene therapy
Google acquires the Canadian smart glasses company North
BBC - 01-Jul-2020Many tech giants are competing to dominate the mass market for smart glasses
Artificial eye for visually impaired people, humanoid robots
Independent - 22-May-2020Bionic eye could provide more pixels and wider spectrum than human vision
Mojo Vision secures another $51M to develop its augmented reality contact lens
TechCrunch - 29-Apr-2020BBC was blown away at CES so let's hope this helps bring this "iPhone of wearables" to market
Restoring sight by sending signals directly to the brain
MIT Technology Review - 06-Feb-2020Scientists still need to understand how long electrodes can last without degrading
BBC's Lara Lewington gets hands on with Mojo Lens augmented vision (video)
BBC - 16-Jan-2020Lara's verdict: "Wow, that is incredible"
Smart contact lenses are no longer science fiction technology
Tech Xplore - 16-Jan-2020Only the one who wears the smart lens can see what's on the virtual display
You don’t even need to have eyes for this bionic eye to work
OneZero - 18-Nov-2019Brain implant is composed of 60 electrodes which sit on the visual cortex
Injectable night vision could be the future for soldiers in combat
Popular Mechanics - 23-Sep-2019Procedure can possibly replace their bulky goggles, as it is successful in mice trial
Revolutionizing wireless device for the people with impaired vision
UCLA - 18-Sep-2019Second Sight’s Orion device is not out of the lab and completely mobile
Nanoparticles gave mice night vision abilities
United Press International - 27-Aug-2019In the labs, nanoparticles were injected into the eyes of mice, behind their retinas
Prototype contact lenses use blinking movement to change focus
Gizmodo - 29-Jul-2019One step closer to futuristic contact lenses from sci-fi movies
Nanoparticles allow mice to see wider spectrum of colours
Independent - 28-Feb-2019Would be intriguing to see flowers in UV light like some insects
BBC trialling speed-read technology
BBC - 10-Aug-2018Spitz is developing a new method to optimize the delivery of news for smart watches
Gennaris bionic eye receives ethics approval
SBS News - 06-Jun-2018Vision Group recently was able to create enough devices to start human trials
iBionics' Diamond Eye has 4x resolution of Argus II
The Globe and Mail - 22-Apr-2018iBionics is working to improve the effectiveness of vision-restoring technology.
Pixium reports success with bionic vision system
Optics - 13-Mar-2018Device has been implanted in three Age-related Macular Degeneration patients.
Gene Therapy Trial to Restore Sight in Retinitis Pigmentosa
Labiotech - 10-Jan-2018GenSight using gene therapy and a wearable device to restore sight in patients with retinitis pigmentosa.
Bionic Implant to Restore Vision Enters Clinical Trials
Labiotech - 20-Oct-2017Pixium Vision has received approval in France to start a clinical trial.
Blind Patients to Test Bionic Eye Brain Implants
MIT Technology Review - 18-Sep-2017The company, Second Sight, is launching a clinical trial for a brain implant designed to restore vision.
First nanoengineered retinal implant could regain functional vision
Kurzweil Network - 16-Mar-2017The nanowires provide higher resolution than anything achieved by other devices.
Self-adaptable electronic eyewear made driving easy and safe
Cambridge News - 29-Sep-2016Balance light levels while driving & tech might benefit other sectors too
Smart contact lenses for health monitoring
New Atlas - 05-Feb-2016Electrically conductive contact lens host miniature computer displays, sensors to help monitor health
Bionic Eye to Begin Human Trials (VIDEO)
Robotics Trend - 29-Jan-2016Signal from two cameras mounted in glasses is processed and converted real-time into stimulation of implant which is then interpretted as vision by the brain.
Robotic medical device could help millions
Today's Medical Developments - 22-Sep-2015University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) to develop a Wearable Robotic Object Manipulation Aid (W-ROMA).
Bionic eye implant world first
BBC - 21-Jul-2015Previously only tested on rare eye conditions Second Sight’s Argus II implant has now been successfully tested in a patient with dry age-related macular degeneration which affects around half a million people in the UK. This condition results in loss of c
Argus II retinal implant trials successful
Kurzweil Network - 24-Jun-2015Bionic eye significantly better life for 89 percent of trial subjects in 3 year study.
Bionic eye enables woman to see again (video)
BBC - 05-Jan-2015Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) caused patient to lose vision. No cure available.
