Scientists have successfully implanted microchips in the retinas of three blind volunteers, allowing them to see shapes and letters within days of surgery. Retinitis pigmentosa and macular ...

A small wireless chip and a pair of smart glasses are offering new hope to people who thought they’d never read again. The groundbreaking device, called PRIMA, has partially restored vision in people ...

LOS ANGELES — Age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness for Americans 65 and older, is a progressive disease affecting central vision. Over time, faces, book ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Retinal implants have a history of challenges, and questions remain about their utility. A bioengineered RPE ...

PITTSBURGH, October 20, 2025 – A wireless retinal implant can restore central vision in patients with advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to clinical trial results published ...

Scientists have used an eye implant to improve the vision of dozens of people left functionally blind by age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The implant, which measures 2 millimetres by 2 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — MIT and medical researchers are working on a chronic retinal implant in hopes of restoring vision to those suffering from age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.

For the first time, researchers have restored some vision to people with a common type of eye disease by using a prosthetic retinal implant. If approved for broader use in the future, the treatment ...

When a piece of hardware goes unsupported by a company, it can be frustrating. Bugs may no longer get fixed, or in the worst cases, perfectly good hardware can stop working entirely as software ...

An "artificial eye" is still a long ways off, but researchers have made the low-resolution devices now available useful in a new way. Instead of trying to replace vision entirely, they only "translate ...