Artificial
Retina: In the News
Press Releases
About the ARGUS II Trial
Second Sight expands
international clinical trial for Argus II retinal implant
Second
Sight press release, 11/19/08
Microchip developed
by UCSC engineer is helping restore vision to the blind
UC
Santa Cruz press release, 06/24/08
Second Sight completes
U.S. phase I enrollment and commences European clinical trial
for the Argus II retinal implant: Only long-term retinal prosthesis
study underway worldwide offers hope for treating blindness
Second
Sight press release, 02/15/08
Artificial retinal
implant project Ggrows: With its expansion to Europe, the only
long-term retinal prosthesis study under way worldwide offers
hope for treating blindness
USC
press release, 02/15/08
The next generation
of retinal implants: FDA approves study to evaluate an artificial
retina intended to help patients blinded by retinitis pigmentosa
USC
press release, 02/15/07
Second Sight announces
FDA approval to begin clinical trial to test newest generation
of electronic retinal implant
Second
Sight press release, 01/09/07
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Recent
Articles
DoE-sponsored project
readies human trial for artificial retinas
Slashdot,
June 26, 2008
Next-generation artificial
retina focuses on clinical trials
EE
Times, June 26, 2008
Argus II - restoring
vision to the blind with microchips news
domain-b.com,
June 25, 2008
Sight for the blind:
the bionic eye
Nigerian
Tribune, May 14, 2008
Electronic retinal
device may help blind people see
Printed
Electronics World, May 13, 2008
Bionic
eye implants give partial vision to blind patients
Daily
Tech, April 23, 2008
Bionic
eye 'blindness cure hope'
BBC News,
April 21, 2008
Bionic
eye implants make blind 'see again' in pioneering operation
The
Mail on Sunday, (UK), April 21, 2008
World's first true
bionic eye
Sky
News, April 21, 2008
Bionic breaktrough
helps blind see
Sky
News Video, April 21, 2008
Platinum chip allows
woman to see again
Platinum
Today, April 21, 2008
Surgeons give hope
to blind with successful 'bioniceye' operations
Times
Online, London, April 21, 2008
Bionic
eye helps the blind see
Metro.co.uk,
April 21, 2008
Breakthrough--bionic
eye Lets the blind see
Islamic
Republic News Agency, April 21, 2008
Bionic
eye' offers grandmother the chance to enjoy a view of the future
News
Scotsman, April 21, 2008 (Scotland)
Scientists set sights
on an implantable prosthetic for the blind
Scientific
American, March 19, 2008
Till the well of research
runs dry: without funding to replenish science, US technological
advances will cease
Orlando
Sentinel, Dec. 17, 2007
Welcome to the new
body shop
Times
Online UK, Nov. 3, 2007
Decoding the human
eye: superdense arrays of electrodes will bring scientists closer
to an artificial retina that approximates normal vision
MIT Technology
Review, Oct. 24, 2007
Eyesight to the blind
Utne
Reader, October 2007
Eye camera restores
sight
Edmonton
Sun, Sept. 12, 2007
Texas Instruments:
processing away the pain
Health-care innovations are coming from an unexpected source:
Texas Instruments
Business
Week, Sept. 3, 2007
Restoring sight, one
pixel at a time
CCNews, Aug.
8, 2007
The body beautified
Digit,
July 2007
Nu får blinde
synet tilbage
Illustreret
Videnskab, (Denmark), 2007
Seeing is believing
in micro Implants
Fort
Wayne Journal Gazette, June 11, 2007
Signing on for hazardous
duty
Advanced
Imaging Magazine, May 29, 2007
A second chance at
sight
IEC
E-Tech Online News, April 2007
Device could give partial
sight to the blind
ABC
7 News, KGO-TV/DT, San Francisco, April 11, 2007
Bionic implants available
today
medGadget,
March 29, 2007
Six million dollar
man
Voice
of America's Our World
Interview with Mark Humayun, March 17, 2007
TechSmart: innovations
for your life
ABC
7 News Chicago (Text and Video), March 16, 2007
Eyesight chip
ScienCentral
News, Marcy 15, 2007
FDA approves study
of next-generation retinal implant
Electronic
Design, March 15, 2007
Neuroscience probes
new frontiers
CNN,
March 6, 2007
New hope for the blind
Reuters
(Video), March 5, 2007
USC researcher develops
bionic eye
CBS,
February 27, 2007
Robotic retina offers
second chance for sight
Daily
Times, (Pakistan), February 26, 2007
Retinal implant moves
a step closer
Optician
Online, February 23, 2007
The substitution solution:
restoring vision, hearing, and movement
The
Why Files, February 22, 2007
Seeing is not believing
Guardian
Unlimited, February 20, 2007
Retinal implant restores
sight
Ivanhoe,
February 19, 2007
Un 'ojo biónico' permite
a seis ciegos recobrar parcialmente la visión
IntraMed,
Feb. 19, 2007
Los científicos
buscan prótesis 'inteligentes' para paliar la pérdida
de vista y de movimiento
Elmundo.es,
February 19, 2007
The bionic eye Approaches:
the next generation of retinal implants
Gizmag,
February 19, 2007
USC developing next
generation of retinal implants
Daily
Tech, February 19, 2007
Retinal implant raises
hope for resotred vision
The
Money Times, (India), February 18, 2007
'Bionic eye' offers
hope to blind
Japan
Today, February 18, 2007
Bionic
eye for blind in sight
New
York Post, February 18, 2007
Un 'ojo biónico'
permite a seis ciegos recobrar parcialmente la visión
ElPais.com
(Madrid), Feburary 18, 2007
Bionic
eye offers hope of sight to the blind
Sydney
Morning Herald, February 18, 2007
Eye implant could open
world to blind
The
West Australian, February 18, 2007
Bionic eye: second chance for sight
Pakistan Dawn,
Feb. 18, 2007
Retinal implant restores
limited sight to blind
WomensHealth.gov,
February 17, 2007
'Bionic' eye successfully
restores partial vision
EarthTimes,
February 17, 2007
Millions to benefit
as first bionic eye comes to market
The
Times (UK), February 17, 2007
Six blind people regain
partial sight thanks to 'bionic eye' implant
The
Guardian (UK), February 17, 2007
Bionic eye restores
sight to the blind
FoxNews,
Feburary 17, 2007
Bionic eye implant
holds hope for millions of blind
Gulf
News (UAE), February 17, 2007
I could see my son for the first time in 13 years
Telegraph
(UK), February 17, 2007
Retinal implant restores
limited sight to blind
Atlanta
Journal Constitution, February 16, 2007
Retinal implant restores
Limited sight to blind
drkoop.com,
February 16, 2007
Chip to help blind
see 'due in two years'
Scotsman,
February 16, 2007
Tests set to begin
on next-generation electronic retina
Argus II may one day offer sight to blind people, experts say
Computerworld,
February 16, 2007
Better 'bionic eye'
offers new hope of restored vision
New
Scientist, February 16, 2007
Trials for 'bionic'
eye implants
BBC,
February 16, 2007
Artificial retina implant
holds promise for blind
Khaleej
Times, (UAE), February 16, 2007
Tests set to begin on next-generation electronic retina
PC
World, February 16, 2007
Next-generation
retinal iImplant
MIT
Technology Review, February 16, 2007
Boffins see the light
with bionic eye
Vnunet,
February 16, 2007
Artificial retina implant
holds promise for blind
ABC
News, February 15, 2007
Nano's big future
National
Geographic Magazine, June 2006 (subscription required)
Biomedical engineering:
A vision for the blind
Science,
May 26, 2006 (subscription required)
2005 Innovator of the
Year: Mark Humayun brings sight to the blind
R&D
Magazine, October 20, 2005 (free)
A biomimetic retinal
stimulating array
IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2005
(free)
Cutting edge trio
Los
Angeles Business Journal, Aug. 8, 2005 (subscription required)
The bionic eye
Popular
Science, June 1, 2005 (free)
Diamond coating for
Second Sight iImplant
medGadget
Internet Journal for Emerging Technologies, April 5, 2005 (free)
Artificial retina gets
diamond coating
News@ Nature, March 28, 2005
Cybersenses episode
PBS television
Scientific American Frontiers, March 6, 2005 (free)
VIsion quest: bionic
eyes
The
Scientist, May 10, 2004 (subscription required)
Retinal prosthesis
provides hope for restoring sight
LLNL
Science and Technology, Nov. 7, 2003
(free)
DoE spearheads collaboration
on retinal prostheses
Neurotech
Business Report, 2003 (free)
Rays of hope for the
blind
Wall
street Journal, August 27, 2003 (subscription required)
Visionary implant:
artificial retinas
Economist,
September 20, 2001 (subscription required)
MEMS
micromachines: they're huge
Forbes,
April 2, 2001 (free)
An electric retina
The
Whitaker Foundation 2000 Annual Report (free)
Prosthetic retinas
for the blind
Business
Week, May 27, 2002 (free)
The innovators: Meet
the 65 companies and their owners who have conjured up the latest
wave of products, services, and technologies
A chip fights blindness
Fortune
Small Business, May 2001 (free)
Seeing the light
Johns
Hopkins Magazine, Nov. 1999 |