In an important step toward visual prostheses, biocompatible electrodes can convert infrared light into nerve impulses, as ...

The processed signal goes back to the glasses and is transmitted wirelessly to an antenna in the retinal implant. An electrode array then produces small bursts of electricity that stimulate the ...

The Argus II, a “bionic eye”, is intended to provide electrical stimulation of the retina to elicit visual perception in blind subjects with severe to profound retinitis pigmentosa, according to the ...

A research team led by Professor Sohee Kim of the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering in the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST; President Kunwoo Lee) has ...

CHICAGO, IL–In an effort to speed the design and development of an artificial retina that could potentially help millions of people blinded by retinal diseases, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists are testing artificial retinas that they hope can restore partial sight to people who've lost their vision to the most common causes of blindness. Retinitis pigmentosa, which ...