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more about #blindness more comments → ParryLost: That's really awesome news. It's amazing how technology for helping the visually impaired is advancing. The eyes (and related nerves) are so complicat... more » Klebert L. Hall: That's really odd... . BTW, didn't Lord John Worfin do something eerily similar in Buckaroo Banzai? -Kle. more » XerxesQados: Taste the rainbow? more » gorehound: I think it is great that our technology might just be able to enable folks to see who are blind.And there are other devices that help other kinds of d... more » noisy doll: Does this only work for people who had vision at some point in their lives and can remember that? Or is it supposed to give sight to patients for the ... more » Indigen: Listen... do you smell something? more » I Think We're Property: Wow, I don't believe it. No, literally, I'm not sure I believe it. Pics or didn't happen, so they say. On the other hand, it does jive with one esta... more » The Curse of Millhaven: If it works and can be used for long periods, I think that I would prefer an invasive implant to having an electrode hanging out of my mouth. Even so,... more » Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: I guess they are gonna have to use there eyes as tungs. Imagen talking with your eyes. Its already a mouth looking thing so.. more » MirandaBabar: I watched this movie and it was a complete waste of money and time. The movie starts of very slow and evolved into an orgy of violence and rape. The c... more » -
#medicaltechnology
BrainPort Device Lets The Blind Use Their Taste Buds To See
BrainPort, created by neuroscientists at Wicab, Inc., may allow the blind to restore part of their sight by routing sensory information through a different receptor. Using a digital camera and specialized "lollipop", the blind can actually see with their tongues. More » -
#blindnessreview
Blindness' Dystopian Fable Becomes An Overwrought Movie
The best thing about the movie version of Blindness is how much it makes you appreciate the transcendent novel by Jose Saramago. The book takes a potentially hackneyed story — everyone goes blind, except for one woman — and turns it into a jarring look at how anything can become normal. At its best, the movie, directed by Fernando Meirelles (City Of God), conveys a lot of the book's squalor and warmth. But Meirelles' attempts to infuse more drama into an already intense book wind up backfiring. Spoilers below. More » -
