Tag Archive | "Medicine"

Smart Lenses To Prevent Blindness By Detecting Glaucoma


Blindness is a disease which affects million of people around the world and many scientists are trying to find ways of curing or preventing it. Although the medical research can be called “advanced”, until now there is no certain cure for blind people, but this can change thanks to researchers from the UC Davis.
Biomedical engineers [...]

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Tiny Flexible Sensor Enables Artificial Retinas And Powerful Cameras


The photo cameras that we currently use are not so good because of the flat image sensor which is responsible for turning the light into electrical signals. Now, thanks to a breakthrough of the researchers from the Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, we are able to create curved sensors which means that [...]

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