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Scientists have developed an eye implant that allowed three blind patients to see shapes and objects within days of treatment in a trial and say the device could become routine for some kinds of blindness in five years. Experts described the study results as phenomenal and said the device, developed by German researchers, could eventually change the lives of up to 200,000 people worldwide who suffer from blindness due to a degenerative eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa.
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Vanda Pharmaceuticals Conducting Clinical Trials for Blindness and Non-24-Hour Sleep Wake Disorder. If you want to participate in the survey, please call toll-free 1-877-708-1936 Monday-Friday between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM ET. Since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Hines VA Hospital has hosted 65 members of the armed forces who served in Iraq and Afghanistan – more than any of the nine other VA blind centers across the country. Since 2005, the influx has more than doubled the number of blind or visually impaired 20- to 39-year-olds who stay for weeks at a time or longer to learn important survival skills, from operating a stove to walking unfamiliar streets, such as the stretch in downtown Forest Park. “It gives individuals the self-esteem and confidence to take back their lives,” said Gerald Schutter, chief of the center. The National Federation of the Blind’s Blind Driver Challenge-an innovative effort to create a nonvisual interface that empowers a blind person to operate an automobile-received the 2010 Application of the Year Award at the National Instruments Graphical System Design Achievement Awards ceremony held during the NIWeek annual conference in Austin, Texas. In response to a challenge issued by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) , students and researchers at Virginia Tech – using National Instruments (NI) technology – developed a semi-autonomous vehicle that allows a blind driver to successfully navigate, control speed, and avoid collision while traversing a closed driving course. Blind movie critic Jay Forry reviews Dinner for Schmucks; staring Paul Rudd & Steve Carell. Tim Conrad (Paul Rudd) is an executive at Fender Financial and his boss, Lance Fender (Bruce Greenwood) invites him to an exclusive dinner party. At this dinner, company executives have to bring one special guest who is so weird that at the end of the night, one of them will be voted the biggest idiot. Tim is reluctant but really wants a promotion and he lucks out when he meets I.R.S. employee, Barry Speck (Steve Carell). Blind movie critic Jay Forry gives his Blindside Review of Prince of Persia; The Sands of Time. This is the kind of summer popcorn flick that can be enjoyed by everybody. The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Michigan will again take to the streets of Lansing on Thursday, May 20, to protest what it feels is an atmosphere of cover-up, secrecy, and intimidation by Patrick Cannon, director of the Michigan Commission for the Blind. FOX 13′s Tom Curran begins a new series called On the Journey highlighting disabled business owners. His first subject is Lou Fioritto of Braille Works. An ongoing study by Mathilde Beaulieu-Lefebvre, a graduate student from the Université de Montréal Department of Psychology, has debunked the myth that the blind have a more acute sense of smell than the sighted. Vision loss simply makes blind people pay more attention to how they perceive smells. It would appear that seeing a remake of every genre of film is unavoidable. This time we go back to 1981 to see the movie about Greek mythology titled Clash of the Titans. Blind movie critic Jay Forry tells us if the remake meets the hype. |
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