Google has invented a new smart contact lens with an integrated camera. By virtue of being part of the contact lens, the camera would naturally follow your gaze, allowing for a huge range of awesome ...

Imagine telling your grandma in 2003 that within a decade we'd invent a wearable video camera that wirelessly transmits images to your eyeball, effectively allowing the blind to see. She would've ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A degenerative eye disease slowly robbed Roger Pontz of his vision. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, Pontz has been almost completely blind for years. Now, thanks ...

LOS ANGELES — Robert Greenberg got tired of hearing from senior engineers that it wasn’t possible to build his product idea: a bionic eye that gives sight to the blind. “A lot of the folks straight ...

National News Georgia man gets 'bionic eye' More than two decades ago, doctors could do nothing for Walfre Lopez as his vision faded away due to a degenerative eye disease. Now, a revolutionary ...

The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, called a “bionic eye” by some, has become the first FDA-approved implanted device to improve vision loss due to advanced retinitis pigmentosa. The device uses a ...

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 ...