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Monster Machines: Restoring Depth Perception With Electronic Eyes
An estimated 285 million people worldwide suffer from some form of visual impairment in at least one their eyes. The loss of sight in just one eye means the loss of depth perception and one’s ability to accurately judge short distances. However, a team of researchers have devised an ingenious solution to restore binocular vision.
What Colour Means To Blind People
Tommy Edison, the wonderful blind film critic, who once showed us how he used an iPhone, has a new video describing something nearly impossible for blind people to understand: colour.
Monster Machines: An Artificial Retina That Reads For The Blind
The advent of cochlear implants in the 1970s and ocular implants in the early 2000s revolutionised hearing and vision loss treatment by circumventing damaged organs with digital prostheses that directly stimulated neural pathways. But these devices have been poor substitutes for the real thing. That is, until now.
The Science Of Sight, In Interactive Cartoon Form
Our eyes are wonderfully complex biological devices, which most of us take for granted. But do you know that our perception of detail varies massively across our field of view? Or understand why we can walk in the dark but not read? This interactive cartoon does a great job of explaining those complex ideas and more, very, very simply.
Adjustable Sliding Lens Glasses Let You Tweak Your Prescription
The Eyejusters aren’t the world’s first adjustable eyeglasses that can be tweaked without the need for an optometrist, but they take a new approach to the idea that seems to offer some distinct advantages.
Aussie Doctor Says Your Emo Haircut Will Give You A Lazy Eye
Hey you angsty little jerk, listen up! If you can stop rolling your eyes and cut the whole brooding thing for like 10 seconds, I have something very important to tell you: CUT YOUR HAIR. I don’t say this as some out-of-touch baby boomer threatened by the slightest tinge of change, but rather someone concerned with preventing a lazy eye epidemic.
