Providing us with a delightful glimpse of the future of humanity and bionic implants, Second Sight -- the developer of the first bionic eye to receive FDA approval in the US -- is currently working on ...

“Where this dead retina was a complete blind spot, vision was restored,” Dr. Frank Holz, the study’s lead author and an ...

Adam Jensen is the cybernetic protagonist of the futuristic action game Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and Rob Spence is a Canadian filmmaker who often wears a patch over his right eye. At first glance, ...

ANN ARBOR, MI -- A degenerative eye disease slowly robbed Roger Pontz of his vision. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, Pontz has been almost completely blind for years. Now, thanks to ...

Sheila Irvine has sight restored by a computer chip installed behind her eye in breakthrough offering hope for age-related ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A degenerative eye disease slowly robbed Roger Pontz of his vision. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, Pontz has been almost completely blind for years. Now, thanks ...

Developed by California-based biotech company Science Corporation, the ultra-thin PRIMA implant measures just two millimeters square and is placed beneath the retina in a brief surgical ...

A woman who described herself as an “avid bookworm” before losing her sight is able to read again after taking part in a ...

The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, called a “bionic eye” by some, has become the first FDA-approved implanted device to improve vision loss due to advanced retinitis pigmentosa. The device uses a ...

After a close encounter with Death’s sickle during a car accident in 2005, Tanya Vlach lost her left eyeball. Not content with any old prosthetic replacement, she wants the Kickstarter community to ...