Tommy Edison, the wonderful blind film critic who once showed us how he used an iPhone, has a new video describing something nearly impossible for blind people to understand: colour. What's great is that even though Edison doesn't understand the concept of colour, colours still have meaning to him. Watch him describe what red, blue, orange, black and white. It's awesome to see colour from such a completely different perspective. [YouTube via Laughing Squid] Read More >>
The advent of cochlear implants in the 1970s and ocular implants in the early 2000s revolutionised hearing and vision loss treatment by circumventing damaged organs with digital prostheses that directly stimulated neural pathways. But these devices have been poor substitutes for the real thing. That is, until now. Read More >>
The Google Glasses may be the big news in optics, but the real tech to watch might be the Australian cyber-eye that's set to begin clinical trials next year. Read More >>
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Deus Ex cybernetic eye's by 2016, seems like a reasonable..." More »
The Eyejusters aren't the world's first adjustable eyeglasses that can be tweaked without the need for an optometrist. But they take a new approach to the idea that seems to offer some distinct advantages. Read More >>
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be temporarily blind? Of course you have. In fact, there is a way to trick your body into becoming blind, at least for a few minutes. Read More >>
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"They're called phosphenes. It's basically when pressure changes stimulates your retina, causing kind of random white lights.
I used to get them on..." More »
Electronic implants which restore sight to the blind aren't anything new, but one of their major stumbling blocks has been the need for an external power source. Now, that's about to change, because a team of researchers has built a digital implant out of infra-red-slurping photovoltaic pixels—so it can power itself. Read More >>
There are a million reasons why being short-sighted is annoying. Here’s one – try wearing glasses and putting a pencil behind your ear. It just falls clattering to the floor, doesn’t it? Read More >>
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"I had laser surgery this week (bilateral peripheral iridotomy) for glaucoma. I wish I'd been warned of the pain so that I could have taken a tranquill..." More »
Seeing stars when you're bonked on the head isn't just for cartoon characters. That phantom astrological event happens in real life, too. It's pretty weird. Read More >>
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"If anybody is interested in more curios explanations of common things like this, there is a podcast called Stuff to blow your mind. Hundreds of differ..." More »
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