News tagged with eye implant


First in New York: Bionic technology aims to give sight to woman blinded beginning at age 13

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A 50-year-old New York woman who was diagnosed with a progressive blinding disease at age 13 was implanted with an experimental electronic eye implant that has partially restored her vision. A team led by Dr. Lucian V. Del ...


Researchers' vision: restoring sight through artificial retinas

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

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.





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Phone points illegal border crossers to water (AP)

Phone points illegal border crossers to water

Technology / Engineering

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(AP) -- A group of California artists wants Mexicans and Central Americans to have more than just a few cans of tuna and a jug of water for their illegal trek through the harsh desert into the U.S.


Moving video to 'captcha' robot hackers

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 19 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

We see the popular "captcha" security mechanism often ― wavy letters websites ask us to type into a box. It's used by web pages and newsletter sign-up forms to prevent computer robots from hacking into servers and databases. ...


Tiger Woods Scandal Cost Shareholders up to $12 Billion

Other Sciences / Economics

created 20 hours ago | popularity 1.9 / 5 (12) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Shareholders of Nike, Gatorade and other Tiger Woods sponsors lost a collective $5 to $12 billion in the wake of the scandal involving his extramarital affairs, according to a new study by researchers at ...


Steroid injections may slow diabetes-related eye disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers led by specialists at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute have found that injecting a corticosteroid, triamcinolone, directly into the eye may slow the progression of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, a complication ...


Seeing without looking

Seeing without looking

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 2

Like a spotlight that illuminates an otherwise dark scene, attention brings to mind specific details of our environment while shutting others out. A new study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological ...


Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings

Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rhizoctonia, a fungal disease that can be found in many ornamental plants, can be eliminated in azalea by placing plant cuttings in a hot water treatment, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...


Genomic toggle switches divide autoimmune diseases into distinct clusters

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genomic switches can predispose an individual to one set of autoimmune disorders but protect the same person against another set of them, scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have found.


Keck Telescopes Take Deeper Look at Planetary Nurseries

Keck Telescopes Take Deeper Look at Planetary Nurseries

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have peered far into a young planetary system, giving an unprecedented view of dust and gas that might eventually form planets similar to Jupiter, ...


Understanding interaction in virtual worlds

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

New cinema blockbuster, Avatar, leapt to the top of box office charts as soon as it came out — a stunning 3D realisation of an alien world. Our fascination with themes of escape to other fantastic places and the thrill of ...


Stocking stuffer: Card good for eye, dental visit (AP)

Stocking stuffer: Card good for eye, dental visit

Technology / Other

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Health care providers are rolling out a different sort of stocking stuffer: Gift cards that can be used to pay bills and insurance premiums or for specific services at eye doctors and dentist offices.



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