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Giving the Gift of Sight at the John Fawcett Foundation - Bali, Indonesia

Getrude Matshe | Posted 04.02.2013 | Impact
Read More: Cataract Surgery, Indonesia, Humanitarian, Eye Surgery, John Fawcett, Cataracts, John Fawcett Foundation, Bali, Sight, Optomotrists, Doctors, Giving, Opthomology, Video, Impact News
Getrude Matshe

I visited the John Fawcett Foundation while on holiday in Bali, Indonesia and was inspired to make this series of videos to share the amazing work they are doing to give people back the gift of sight.

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Seeing Sound and Touching Data: How New Senses Will Expand Your World

Ben Thomas | Posted 04.24.2013 | Science
Read More: Google Glass, Vision, Blindness, Mobile Phones, Smartphones, Touchscreen, Science, Brain Science, Touchscreens, Smart Phone, Vision Impairment, Sound, Sight, Smartphone, Telephone, Touch Screen, Neuroscience, Mobile Phone, Echolocation, Technology, Senses, Erik Weihenmayer, Science News
Ben Thomas

When I think back to the landlines and card catalogues of the 1950s, I'm amazed that people managed to work and think so efficiently under those constraints. What, then, will our grandchildren think of our touch screens and wireless networks - and with what senses will they look back?

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Bionic Eyes and Science's Big Step Forward

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 04.20.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Inventions, Medicine, Health, Bionic Eye, Science News, Sight, Argus Ii, Blindness, Healthy Living News
Howard Steven Friedman

This past week, the FDA approved the Argus Retinal Prosthesis System ("Argus II"), a medical device that is truly a major step forward.

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Why Cyber Monday Drives Me Senseless

Janie Emaus | Posted 01.26.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Smell, See, Shopping, Hear, Taste, Sight, Senses, Sales, Online, Shopping Online, Buying Christmas Gifts Online, Online Shopping, Holiday Shopping Online, Cyber Monday, Fifty News
Janie Emaus

I used to love to touch soft cashmere sweaters that I might buy for my daughter. Or pick up a book and flip through the pages. Now I touch my keyboard and scratch my head. Is the waist really that small on that jacket? Are those stripes too gaudy for my sister? Tapping on the screen enlarges the image. But I still can't feel the texture.

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How to Look at Mondrian

James Elkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Vision, Seeing, Fingerprints, Cheddar Cheese, Oil Painting, Candle Flames, Porcelain Teeth, Spectra, Twigs, How to Use Your Eyes, Art Theory, Visual Studies, Painting, Sand, Sight, X-Rays, History, Piet Mondrian, Art, Mondrian, Visual Culture, Grass, Galaxies, Art History, Art Criticism, Visuality, Egyptian Scarabs, Sunsets, Viruses, History of Art, Fine Art, Glimpsing, Attention, Looking, Staring, Gazing, Distraction, Patience, Arts News
James Elkins

Our eyes are far too good for us. They show us so much that we can't take it all in, so we shut out most of the world, and try to look at things as br...

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Study Shows Hope For Type Of Blindness

Wall Street Journal | By RON WINSLOW | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Eyesight, Sight, Kids, Braille, Blind, Children, Blindness, Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, Health, Gene Therapy, Medicine, Study, rpe65, Healthy Living News

A small but provocative study showed that a form of gene therapy significantly improved the vision of patients left legally blind by a rare genetic ey...

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NY Mom Gets Sight Back, Sees Daughter For First Time

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Sight, New York, Surgery, Blindness, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Impact News

With some help from The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, a Brooklyn mother has regained her sight through surgery and was able to see her two-year-old ...

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