Development of a Visual Prosthesis- Related Projects
Boston Retinal Implant Project whose goal is to develop an implantable microelectronic prosthesis to restore vision to patients with certain forms of retinal blindness.
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"Cortical Prosthesis". [undated website, Brown University course].
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Ehrenman, Gayle. "New Retinas for Old". Mechanical Engineering 125.10 (Oct. 2003): 42-46.
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Vogelstein, J. et al. Artificial Vision. (1999) Retrieved May 11, 2004, from Brown University Web site: http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_1999_Groups/Vision_Team/Vision.htm
A good introduction to a variety of visual prosthesis technologies, written for general readers by students at Brown University.
