More than 350 people have a discontinued retinal implant in their eyeballs. The invention was once a cutting-edge option for restoring sight, but it has been replaced by newer technologies. The ...

In a heartwarming moment captured on video, a Minnesota man was finally able to see his wife of 45 years with the aid of a bionic eye implant. Tap to view if on News app. Allen Zderad, 68, was ...

"Without the glasses you can't see a thing, put the glasses on you can suddenly see. You get that wow factor every time you do it." Philip Booth, 60, has had bionic eyes for the last three and a half ...

(DENVER) — A mother from the Denver area in Colorado who has been blind for over two decades was recently brought to tears after seeing her son “for the first time in years” with a new bionic eye.

A blind woman has begun seeing again with a new bionic eye implant. In what is believed to be a significant scientific breakthrough, the woman, 30, was able to see flashes of coloured light, lines and ...

A woman who described herself as an “avid bookworm” before losing her sight is now able to read again and do crosswords after taking part in a world-first study. Sheila Irvine was one of the UK ...

After a lot of theorizing, postulating, and non-human trials, it looks like bionic eye implants are finally hitting the market -- first in Europe, and hopefully soon in the US. These implants can ...

EXCLUSIVE: In the documentary Light Darkness Light, which is about to make its North American premiere at DOC NYC, a man who lost his vision gets the opportunity to regain it with the help of an ...

Biotechnology has become one of the fastest-growing areas of scientific research in the past 20 years, with new devices quickly going into clinical trials. We’ve seen successful bionic arms and legs, ...

I’m Brian Gordon, tech reporter for The News & Observer, and this is Open Source, a weekly newsletter on business, labor and technology in North Carolina. Brain-computer interfaces are here. In ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an untreatable vision loss problem impacting those over 50. The disease starts as a thinning of the macula (the part of the retina responsible for detailed ...

Providing us with a delightful glimpse of the future of humanity and bionic implants, Second Sight -- the developer of the first bionic eye to receive FDA approval in the US -- is currently working on ...