Medicine & TechnologyPeople commonly use tools to aid in looking at far objects, but how far can the naked human eye see? Find out the answer in this article.
Researchers create computerized eye models to select the best intraocular lenses and provide patients with simulations of their post-surgery vision. Read the article to learn more.
London-based Moorfields Eye Hospital announced recently that a 47-year-old British man has become the first-ever patient worldwide to be implanted a 3D printed eye.
An okapi is an animal that looks like a deer but with zebra-like stripes. They have evolved to avoid eye injury in the wild by sucking in their eyeballs. Here is a video on how they do it.
A visual prosthesis comprising a camera and a brain implant recently made it possible for a blind teacher who's had no vision for 16 years to see again.
Daniel Jackson, 43, suffered from a watery, irritated eye for two months and scans showed that he has a tumor growing in his sinuses. His right eye has been removed and now campaigns for disfigurement charities.
Scientists from Germany created Eyecam, a creepy webcam that looks and moves like a real eye to show that people are surrounded by webcams that they are not even aware of, which sparks discussion on privacy issues on sensing devices.
The newest discovery of fossilized fish, whose eyes have remained largely intact, has provided the proof that the human eye's ability to see in color developed hundreds of millions of years ago.