Artificial silicon retina: the role of microelectronics in restoring vision loss |
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The eye is one of the most complex organs in the human body. Degenerative blindness is caused by deterioration in the chemical process in the retina that turns light into electrical impulses which form images in the brain.
One approach to repair this breakdown is the development of an artificial silicon retina.
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Australian Government Boost for Bionic Eye Research |
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The Australia Government has announced funding of $50 million towards
bionic eye research as part of its response to the 2020 Summit. In a joint
release issued by Senator the Hon. Kim Carr, Minister for
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and the Hon. Nicola Roxon,
Minister for Health and Ageing, the Government has allocated $50.7
million over four years for the development of the bionic eye.
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Medical Bionics: Engineering interfaces to the human body |
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Professor Rob Shepherd, Director Bionic Ear Institute 
Medical bionics is the replacement or monitoring of damaged organs through engineered devices that interface with the body to improve health outcomes. In this presentation I will concentrate on medical bionic devices designed to restore or supplement function of the nervous system lost during disease or injury.
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Inaugural Graeme Clark Oration |
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 The ICT for Life Sciences Forum’s annual showcase event, the Graeme Clark Oration, was held at the University of Melbourne on Monday, 27th October, 2008.
The Oration will become an annual event to honour the achievements of Professor Graeme Clark, A.O., who developed the first multi-channel cochlear implant in Melbourne in the mid 1970’s, and which is seen as a very early example of the convergence of the physical and medical sciences in Australia.
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Australian Advanced Bionic Eye Within Sight |
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 Melbourne researchers will lead a major Australian effort to build an advanced retinal prosthesis, or bionic eye. The Bionic Vision Australia partnership was announced in Melbourne on 13 November. This partnership brings together for the first time since the development of the bionic ear in Melbourne in the 1970’s, a team of world class researchers across the different disciplines necessary to build a safe and functioning retinal implant. The partners comprise the University of Melbourne, the Bionic Ear Institute, Centre for Eye Research Australia, the Victoria Research Laboratory of NICTA and the University of New South Wales.
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