Three decades ago, University of Utah bioengineer Richard A. Normann, PhD, had a radical new idea he hoped might create artificial sight for people who had lost their vision due to disease. If the ...

Researchers seeking to upgrade modern day smartphones have devised a way to create “smart” glass—a method capable of image recognition free from sensors, circuits, or power sources. "We're using ...

It isn't unusual for researchers to take something incredible in nature, such as a cat's eye or vision system, and attempt to create that in the laboratory. Biologically inspired engineering happens ...

The brain detects 3D shape fragments such as bumps, hollows, shafts, and spheres in the beginning stages of object vision—a newly discovered strategy of natural intelligence that Johns Hopkins ...

A 78-year-old man with almost complete blindness has been the first recipient to receive an artificial cornea implant, restoring his vision to the point of recognizing loved ones and identifying ...

A groundbreaking study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on Monday demonstrates how specialized devices using artificial intelligence can help restore central vision to treat ...

Side-by-side images show a 45,000-pixel rendering of a cat image at left, and a simulation representing an image rendered by 45,000 electrodes in a brain implant at right. (Credit: Ione Fine / ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a debilitating condition that can lead to total blindness in its later stages. Now, researchers have created a new potential treatment for the currently ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Replicating human visual perception in machines has been an ongoing challenge for engineers and researchers. While computers today can recognize images or analyze video footage, ...

Dr. Chris Hillman, Global AI Lead at Teradata, joins eSpeaks to explore why open data ecosystems are becoming essential for enterprise AI success. In this episode, he breaks down how openness — in ...