by riddhi | September 3, 2015 | Health, Medical
Over time, we have identified a number of different diseases which result in diminishing to no vision. These conditions include mascular degeneration (caused by the deterioration of the central portion of the retina, the inside back layer of the eye that records the...
by Alfred Poor | April 29, 2015 | Enabling Tech
Wearable Health Tech devices have all sorts of sensors, and many include cameras. These can be used for the prosaic tasks of capturing still images or video, but that’s just the start. Giving a device the power of vision means that it can detect gestures that...
by Alfred Poor | September 4, 2014 | Medical
Doctors at the University of Southern California have developed a device that can help the blind see again. In much the same way that a cochlear implant can help deaf people hear, the Argus II directly stimulates the retina nerves at the back of the eyeball using an...