News tagged with prosthetic eye
One-eyed filmmaker conceals camera in prosthetic
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A one-eyed documentary filmmaker is preparing to work with a video camera concealed inside a prosthetic eye, hoping to secretly record people for a project commenting on the global spread of surveillance ...
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Implanted tooth helps blind US woman recover sight
Sep 16, 2009 |
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A 60-year-old US grandmother, blind for nearly a decade, has recovered her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye as a base to hold a tiny plastic lens, her doctors said Wednesday.
Digital technology may help restore sight
Jul 13, 2006 |
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Researchers in Scotland are working on a prosthetic retina that could restore sight to blind people.
Neuroscientists Uncover Brain Region Involved in Voluntary Behavior
Nov 15, 2007 |
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Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have deciphered the activity of an area of the brain that could one day prove vital in the development of neural prostheses--within-the-brain implants that would translate ...
New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses
Nov 04, 2009 |
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A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance ...
Keeping hands where you can see 'em alters perception, study finds
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 09, 2008 |
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Psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Richard A. Abrams, Ph.D., professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, have shown that to see objects better, you should take the matter into your ...
Bioluminescence imaging used for eye cancer detection
Oct 13, 2009 |
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At the moment, doctors rely on biopsy analysis to determine the progression of eye cancer. However, researchers now believe that a new technology, bioluminescence imaging (BLI), will allow doctors to detect tumors earlier ...
ORNL, Southern Cal set sights on preventing blindness
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Blindness in millions of people with diseases that starve eye tissue and nerves of oxygen might be averted with a procedure being developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Southern California ...
Researchers discover novel circulation in human eye, new glaucoma treatment target
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have discovered a previously unidentified form of circulation within the human eye which may provide important new insights ...
Watching me, watching you
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Software that tracks shoppers' eye movements as they browse supermarket shelves may seem a bit Big Brother, but the latest technology in 'eye-tracking', which monitors what grabs a person's ...
Bioengineering of nerve-muscle connection could improve hand use for wounded soldiers
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Modern tissue engineering developed at the University of Michigan could improve the function of prosthetic hands and possibly restore the sense of touch for injured patients.
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