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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Fulbright recipient to focus on bionic eye |
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University of Melbourne postdoctoral researcher in electronic
engineering, Dr Byron Wicks, has been awarded a Fulbright Victoria
Scholarship to take up postdoctoral research in electronic engineering
at the University of California, Berkeley.
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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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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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BEI appoints new board members |
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Former Victorian Premier and Leading Medical Research Counsel, the Hon
Steve Bracks, and Ms Christina Hardy, a lawyer who is an expert in
medical research technology commercialisation, have been appointed to
the board of the Bionic Ear Institute.
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