http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. In this month's Physics World, Richard Taylor, professor of physics, psychology and art at the University of Oregon, warns that artificial retinal implants – a technology fast becoming a reality – must adapt to the unique features of the human eye in order to become an effective treatment. http://phys.org/news223181451.html Technology Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:10:01 EST news223181451 German doctors on Wednesday announced a breakthrough in retinal implants, the fledgling technology that aims to restore sight in people cursed by a form of inherited blindness. http://phys.org/news207979788.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:10:07 EST news207979788 The team that helped to develop the Argus II retinal implant, including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been recognized with a Popular Mechanics 2010 Breakthrough Award. http://phys.org/news205059692.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:01:41 EST news205059692 Bionic Vision Australia (BVA) today unveils their wide-view neurostimulator concept - a bionic eye that will be implanted into Australia's first recipient of the technology. http://phys.org/news189161120.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:45:56 EST news189161120 (PhysOrg.com) -- The first UK trial of a promising new retinal implant technique is to be led by Oxford University researchers. http://phys.org/news188667268.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:40:02 EST news188667268 Television's Six Million Dollar Man foresaw a future when man and machine would become one. New research at Tel Aviv University is making this futuristic "vision" of bionics a reality. http://phys.org/news188487683.html Nanotechnology Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:42:13 EST news188487683 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Stanford researchers has developed a new generation of retinal implants that aims to provide higher resolution and make artificial vision more natural. http://phys.org/news179686378.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:54:18 EST news179686378 Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a remote-controlled robot that is able to simulate the "visual" experience of a blind person who has been implanted with a visual prosthesis, such as an artificial retina. An artificial retina consists of a silicon chip studded with a varying number of electrodes that directly stimulate retinal nerve cells. It is hoped that this approach may one day give blind persons the freedom of independent mobility. http://phys.org/news175183657.html Technology Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:08:24 EST news175183657 (PhysOrg.com) -- Inspired by the success of cochlear implants that can restore hearing to some deaf people, researchers at MIT are working on a retinal implant that could one day help blind people regain a useful level of vision. http://phys.org/news172920565.html Technology Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:30:36 EST news172920565