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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Could bionic eyes restore sight to the blind and give the U.S. military super sight? Bionic implanted eyeballs, “Star Trek”-style visors, telescopic contact lenses ... these are just a few of the many ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...