vision

Be My Eyes app lets you lend your eyes to the blind

Posted in Software on 31st Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Be My Eyes is a new mobile app that aims to help blind people in situations where they need to see something.

Mapping the brains of blind people has 'challenged perceptions of how the brain works'

Posted in Medicine on 27th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Scientists claim to have overturned standard thinking on how the brain is able to perform different tasks.

New study finds that closing your eyes boosts memory recall

Posted in Science on 18th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Further evidence to suggest that eyewitnesses to crimes remember more accurate details when they close their eyes.

Contact lens can detect eye disease before it strikes

Posted in Medicine on 31st Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, affecting some 60 million people worldwide. Its also highly treatable, if caught early.

An artificial retina based on nanorods and nanotubes

Posted in Hardware on 14th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), for example, could potentially benefit from such a device.