SAN JOSE, Calif.— Scientists predict that improved electronic hardware will make it possible for blind people to read printed text, recognize faces and lead independent lives. At the American ...

The Science Eye is an intriguing piece of technology. Developed by Science Corp., the bionic eye seeks to restore vision in patients suffering from a variety of vision-based diseases. But, it also ...

For decades, restoring sight after severe eye damage sat firmly in the realm of science fiction. Now a wave of converging ...

Bionic Vision Technologies raised AU$23.5 million ($18 million), which will go toward the development and commercialization of its device to restore vision to the blind. The company, which has been ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- A growing number of people who were once blind can now see with the help of a bionic eye implant. It seems like science fiction, but bionic eye technology is bringing the world ...

Bionic implants are not just a thing of science fiction, they're becoming reality — though you might not be getting superhuman powers quite yet. Instead, a team of researchers at Monash University in ...

Imagine being totally blind and then activating a device that restores your sight, at least in a limited way. Online videos show exactly that happening. Awed patients laugh and cry seeing their ...

Curing blindness remains a major challenge in medicine. Degenerative diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration are characterized by dysfunctional photoreceptors, which leads to ...

A bionic lens developed by Ocumetics Technology Corporation's optometrist Garth Webb could mean the end of eyeglasses and contact lenses. The "Ocumetics Bionic Lens" allows patients to have vision up ...

It may sound like something out of "Star Trek": Doctors have implanted a device in patients that has restored some central vision after advanced eye disease left those individuals with only limited ...

The Bionic Lens is a dynamic lens that replaces the natural lens inside the eye via one of the most common and successful procedures in medicine – cataract surgery. Once there, the lens restores clear ...

An optometrist from British Columbia believes he’s invented the holy grail of corrective lenses: A device that lets you see “three times better than 20/20 vision” without wearing any contacts or ...