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Instant Eye, Kevin Hand Bio-Retina Implant Could Give Laser-Powered Sight To The Blind -- Popular Science A new bionic eye implant could all...

An x-ray of the 'bionic eye' given to Chris James ‘Bionic Eye’ Returns Sight To Two Men After Over 20 Years Of Blindness -- Scotsman...

Photo: REX FEATURES From The Telegraph: The quest to correct and improve vision is one of man's oldest medical challenges. For as long ...

From The Telegraph: An eye implant which has returned partial sight to three blind patients has been developed by scientists. The device is ...

Bifocals (Old.) Frank C. Müller From Popular Science: Near-sighted? Far-sighted? Middle-sighted? It doesn't matter--this "scratch...

Reshaping the Cornea with Contact Lenses Image courtesy of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya From Popular Science: What if you could go...

In the future you could be reminded about your experiences with people and places just by looking at them. Credit: iStockphot From Cosmos: M...

This is a hydra, an ancient sea creature that flourishes today. (Credit: Todd Oakley, UCSB) From Science Daily: Science Daily (Mar. 12, 2010...

From New Scientist: It starts with a barely perceptible blurring of vision from time to time - the sort of thing you might chalk up to getti...

From L.A. Times: A study finds that 17% more Americans have myopia than 30 years ago. Close-up computer work could be a reason. For an incre...

From Times Online: People who have to wear glasses in middle or old age could have their eyesight restored or even obtain “supervision” with...

From Live Science: This Week’s Question: I have to have cataract surgery and I’m a little frightened. Should I be? I don’t know anyone wh...

Photo: Seeing the light: A new contact lens technology responds to UV light. The contact lens on the left (blue) contains photochromic dyes...

Super Sight: The same technology used in the Hubble telescope could offer LASIK patients better sight. Ophthalmologists can use this techno...

Illustration of human eye cross section. (Credit: iStockphoto/Nurbek Sagynbaev) From Science Daily: Science Daily (Oct. 14, 2009) — Ever won...

Squirrel monkey Dalton, who was successfully treated for red-green colour blindness. The image on the left simulates what the scene would ha...

A test for color blindness showing a "6". Scientists used gene therapy to cure two squirrel monkeys of color blindness -- the most...

Image: Dreamstime/Brightqube Forget the Goggles: Chlorophyll Eye Drops Give Night Vision -- Discover Magazine What the dragonfish discovere...

From The Telegraph: Humans subconsciously time their blinks so not to miss useful information, scientists have found. A study of eighteen vo...

Eye for the ladies: Women are better at short-range focusing, says a study From The Daily Mail: If your husband accuses you of missing the b...