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 ...

Scientists in Australia who have spent more than 10 years developing a first-of-a-kind bionic vision system are now eyeing human trials. The technology works by bypassing damage to the optic nerves, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...