News tagged with electrode array

'Bionic eye' implant offers hope to the blind

For a man whose view of the world has slowly faded to black over 30 years, a device that allows him to see flashes of light has enkindled his hope of one day gazing upon his grandson's face.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 11

Mysteries of colour vision revealed as scientists map out eye's neural network

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists, using sophisticated recording equipment, have mapped the neural circuitry involved in processing colour vision in humans for the first time.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Southampton to conduct UK's first cochlear implant operation to give sound in both ears

The UK's first operation to fit a single cochlear implant capable of giving sound in both ears takes place this Friday (27 August), thanks to the work of the South of England Cochlear Implant Centre (SOECIC), based at the ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Caltech scientists create robot surrogate for blind persons in testing visual prostheses

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 ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A better test to detect DNA for diagnosing diease, investigating crimes

Researchers in Singapore are reporting development of a new electronic sensor that shows promise as a faster, less expensive, and more practical alternative than tests now used to detect DNA. Such tests are ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

How the retina works: Like a multi-layered jigsaw puzzle of receptive fields

About 1.25 million neurons in the retina -- each of which views the world only through a small jagged window called a receptive field -- collectively form the seamless picture we rely on to navigate our environment. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1