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Come meet Science cofounder and Chief Scientific Officer Alan Mardinly at Booth #3101 at the Society for Neuroscience’s (@sfn.org) Annual Meeting 2025 and learn more about our unique biohybrid approach to brain-computer interfaces. #SfN25
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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If you are into #VisionScience or #neuroengineering, come check out our first poster at #SfN2025 this afternoon!

Emily Joyce is presenting new work on modeling the bipolar circuitry in the human fovea

PSTR122.22
Nov 16 at 1:00 PM
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Simulated responses of a bipolar cell mosaic to simulated electrical stimulation and the corresponding decoded phosphenes. Small phosphenes appear focal and colored, whereas larger phosphenes most often appear with a white-ish, yellow-ish tint.
November 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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What if retinal prostheses could speak the brain’s language? 👁️🧠🧪

Prof. Yossi Mandel and team built a hybrid implant that merges neurons and electrodes to restore high-acuity sight.

New Data Drop interview ↓
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#BionicVision #Neurotech #Blindness
bionic-vision.org | Research Spotlights | Yossi Mandel
In a new Advanced Functional Materials paper, Prof. Yossi Mandel and colleagues unveiled a hybrid retinal prosthesis that fuses living neurons with a high-density electrode array. By nestling human st...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Can Fruit Ninja train the #BionicEye?

A new JoV paper finds that while participants improved with distorted “prosthetic” input, gaming-based training didn’t generalize to object recognition - hinting that rehab may need to stay task-specific.

doi.org/10.1167/jov....
October 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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🚨 Breakthrough alert: A new study in the NEJM reports that the PRIMA subretinal implant helped restore meaningful central vision in ~80% of participants with advanced geographic atrophy (an untreatable form of #AMD).

www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

#BionicVision #NeuroTech
Subretinal Photovoltaic Implant to Restore Vision in Geographic Atrophy Due to AMD | NEJM
Geographic atrophy due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness and affects more than 5 million persons worldwide. No therapies to restore vision in ...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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🧠👁️ How do you track eye movements of a #BionicEye user without eyes?

Turns out, even without eyes, intended eye movements can shift the perceived location of phosphenes evoked by a cortical implant - and those movements can be tracked from cosmetic eyes.

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Integrating Eye-Tracking With Cortical Visual Prostheses in Patients Without Eyes: A Case Study
Cortical prostheses aim to provide artificial vision to blind individuals by electrically stimulating the occipital cortex to induce visual sensations called phosphenes. Previous research…
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October 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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What happens years after the implant?

A new study from Cleveland Clinic follows 13 Argus II users long-term. None still use the device - but nearly half say they’d do it again. A powerful reminder of both the promise and the burden of early #BionicVision.

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Long-Term Outcomes and Patient Experiences With the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System - Jonathan D. Shirian, Alex Yuan, Aleksandra Rachitskaya, 2025
Purpose: To evaluate the long-term outcomes and experiences of patients with the Argus II retinal prosthesis in individuals with advanced-stage retinitis pigmen...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Vivani Medical has withdrawn the record date for spinning off its neuromodulation subsidiary, Cortigent, citing delays caused by the U.S. federal government shutdown

www.cortigent.com/news/vwidnoh...

#BionicEye #blindness
Vivani Medical Withdraws Record Date for Cortigent Neuromodulation Subsidiary Spin-Off — Cortigent | Powering brain connections to restore body functions.
The Company expects to reestablish and announce a new record date as soon as possible
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October 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Heads-up! Our Proceedings of the IEEE colleagues have a paper exploring how #brain computer interfaces are becoming full brain-in-the-loop systems linking human intelligence, #AI, and #wireless to power human–machine communication and the #metaverse: https://bit.ly/ProceedingsIEEE-BrainInTheLoop
October 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Forbes takes a look at the past, present, and future of brain-computer interfaces - mostly hype, with a few nuggets of substance on Neuralink, Synchron, Precision Neuroscience, and Science Corp.

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#BCI #NeuroTech #blindness
The Past, Present And Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces
Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) sound like science fiction to most people. But this technology is getting real, quickly.
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October 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Are we seeing the Next Big Thing in #BCI technologies? @natbiomedeng.nature.com reports on a 1,024-channel thin-film array that records from and stimulates the #brain’s surface, with no #craniotomy required. It's minimally invasive, high-density, and scalable: go.nature.com/4nZ3fpL #neurotech
October 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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🕯️ One year ago, we lost Dr. Philip Hessburg—founder of The Eye and the Chip and a lifelong champion of bionic vision. His legacy continues to inspire.

📖 Read our 2023 interview:
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#BionicVision #VisionScience #InMemoriam
bionic-vision.org | Research Spotlights | Philip Hessburg
Drawing from his vast experience in ophthalmology and as a cornerstone of the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology, Dr. Philip Hessburg discusses his pioneering work, the ever-evolving landscape of…
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October 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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🚨 New preprint: Researchers from ETH Zurich, UMH Elche, and UCSB report the first data-driven control of a visual cortical prosthesis in a blind human.

Deep learning enabled more efficient, stable stimulation - and argues for closed-loop designs.

doi.org/10.1101/2025...

#BionicVision #NeuroTech
Deep Learning-Based Control of Electrically Evoked Activity in Human Visual Cortex
Visual cortical prostheses offer a promising path to sight restoration, but current systems elicit crude, variable percepts and rely on manual electrode-by-electrode calibration that does not scale.…
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September 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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New Pathways interview on bionic-vision.org: Prof. Lauren Ayton’s journey from clinic to leadership in #BionicVision, from early “switch-on” moments to shaping the future of #SightRestoration.

Read here 👉 www.bionic-vision.org/research-spo...

#Blindness #NeuroTech #BCI #GeneTherapy
bionic-vision.org | Research Spotlights | Lauren Ayton
Prof. Lauren Ayton has built a remarkably multifaceted career in vision science: from her early days as an optometrist to leading the clinical team at Bionic Vision Australia, guiding trials at Bionic...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Eye & the Chip '25 is almost here: Sept 28-30, Southfield, MI. Top minds in #BionicVision (neurobiology, nanoelectronics & more) will be presenting advances that bring artificial vision closer to reality.

See the full list of confirmed speakers:
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bionic-vision.org | Events | The Eye & The Chip '25
The Eye & The Chip '25: 14th World Research Congress on Artificial Vision
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September 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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UC researchers are pushing the boundaries of #BCI 🧠

UC News highlights breakthroughs across the system:
• restoring speech after ALS (UC Davis)
• easing Parkinson’s symptoms (UC San Francisco)
• improving bionic vision with AI (UC Santa Barbara)

🔗 www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/thrilli...
Thrilling progress in brain-computer interfaces from UC labs
UC researchers and the patients they work with are showing the world what's possible when the human mind and advanced computers meet.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Science announces the launch of its Patient Registry, a new platform connecting patients, researchers, and clinicians to speed biomedical discovery.

Full story 👉 science.xyz/news/science...

#BionicEye #Blindness #AMD #NeuroTech
Connecting the Blind to Groundbreaking BCI Vision Restoration Technology Through Science Corporation’s Patient Registry for Retinal Diseases | Science Corporation
Science Corporation is a clinical-stage medical technology company.
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September 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Neuralink update 🧠

• 2 new patients implanted in Canada, marking first trials outside the US
• US patent office rejects ‘telepathy’ and ‘telekinesis’ trademarks, as they were previously claimed by a lucid dreaming startup

#neuroskyence #bci #neuralink
Neuralink’s Bid to Trademark ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Telekinesis’ Faces Legal Issues
The brain implant company cofounded by Elon Musk filed to trademark the product names Telepathy and Telekinesis. But it turns out that another person had already filed to trademark those names.
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September 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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🇨🇳 China has unveiled its 2030 Brain-Computer Interface roadmap, centered on strategic national investment in electrodes, neural chips, signal decoding, and full BCI systems.

🔗 www.neuro-founders.com/post/china-u...

#BCI #NeuroTech #GlobalNeuroscience
China Unveils 2030 Brain-Computer Interface Roadmap
China has unveiled an ambitious plan to make brain–computer interfaces a strategic national priority, with breakthroughs in core technologies targeted by 2027 and two to three global leaders by 2030. ...
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August 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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👁️⚡ Data Drop: We spoke with Dr. Jiayi Zhang about her recent Science paper on tellurium nanowire retinal implants: restoring vision and extending it to IR. No power source. No cables.

“Are we treating blindness—or enhancing human capability?”

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Bionic Vision - Advancing Sight Restoration
Discover cutting-edge research, events, and insights in bionic vision and sight restoration.
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July 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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👁️⚡ Headed to #EMBC2025? Catch two of our lab’s talks on optimizing retinal implants!

📍 Sensory Neuroprostheses
🗓️ Thurs July 17 · 8-10AM · Room B3 M3-4
🧠 Efficient threshold estimation
🧑🔬 Deep human-in-the-loop optimization

🔗 embc.embs.org/2025/program/
#BionicVision #NeuroTech #IEEE #EMBS #Retina
Program – EMBC 2025
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July 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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🔬👁️ The next-gen #PRIMA chip in action: subretinal surgery training in 🇩🇪 with the Science Corps team, Prof. Yannick Le Mer, and Prof. Dr. Lars-Olof Hattenbach.

3D digital visualization + iOCT = a powerful combo for precision subretinal implant work.
#BionicVision #NeuroTech

📸 via Dr. Mahi Muqit
A group of surgeons in blue scrubs and surgical masks are performing a procedure in a clinical wetlab setting. Dr. Muqit (seated) operates under a ZEISS ARTEVO® 850 surgical microscope, with Dr. others observing and assisting nearby. A large monitor and medical equipment are visible in the background, along with surgical instruments on a sterile table. The environment is dimly lit, with overhead lights providing focused illumination on the surgical field. A surgeon in blue scrubs, surgical gloves, and a hair cover is seated and operating under a ZEISS ARTEVO® 850 surgical microscope. He is performing a delicate procedure on a blue surgical model using forceps, while another masked assistant supports from behind. The operating table is covered with a sterile green drape, and medical tubing and instruments are visible around the setup. The environment is dimly lit, highlighting the precision of the surgical training. A wide view of a surgical training room shows multiple surgeons in blue scrubs and masks working around a ZEISS ARTEVO® 850 digital microscope. One seated surgeon is actively operating on a subretinal surgery model, while others observe and assist. A large overhead visualization arm and a table with imaging and surgical equipment are prominently visible. The lighting is dim except for the illuminated surgical field, emphasizing the precision and focus of the wetlab environment. Two surgeons in blue scrubs and surgical caps are seated at a ZEISS ARTEVO® 850 digital microscope in a dimly lit operating room. A large monitor displays a high-resolution OCT scan, showing detailed cross-sections of ocular tissue. A green surgical drape, tubing, and imaging equipment are visible around the operating station. The scene highlights the integration of real-time imaging in subretinal surgical training.
July 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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👁️📉 “Have we lost our way?”

In a sobering but essential read, Prof. da Cruz reflects on the rise, retreat, and future of retinal prostheses:
“Performance didn’t transfer to daily life—and the field stalled.”

🔒https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ceo.14564

#BionicVision #BCI #NeuroTech
July 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Thrilled to see this one hit the presses! 🎉

One of the final gems from Dr. Justin Kasowski’s dissertatio, showing how checkerboard rastering boosts perceptual clarity in simulated prosthetic vision. 👁️⚡️

#BionicVision #NeuroTech
bionicvisionlab.org Bionic Vision Lab @bionicvisionlab.org · Jul 9
👁️🧠 New paper alert!

We show that checkerboard-style electrode activation improves perceptual clarity in simulated prosthetic vision—outperforming other patterns in both letter and motion tasks.

Less bias, more function, same safety.

🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1741...

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Raster patterns in simulated prosthetic vision. On the left, a natural scene of a yellow car is shown, followed by its transformation into a prosthetic vision simulation using a 10×10 grid of electrodes (red dots). Below this, a zoomed-in example shows the resulting phosphene pattern. To comply with safety constraints, electrodes are divided into five spatial groups activated sequentially across ~220 milliseconds. Each row represents a different raster pattern: vertical (columns activated left to right), horizontal (rows top to bottom), checkerboard (spatially maximized separation), and random (reshuffled every five frames). For each pattern, five panels show how the scene is progressively built across the five raster groups. Vertical and horizontal patterns show strong directional streaking. Checkerboard shows more uniform activation and perceptual clarity. Random appears spatially noisy and inconsistent.
July 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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🧠 New work shows that carbon nanotube (CNT) microelectrode arrays can combine softness+conductivity for brain implants

🌿 Vertically aligned CNTs+elastomer=soft/stable neural recordings with less inflammation than metal wires

👁️ Tested in mouse V1

#NeuroTech #neuroscience

doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
Polymer‐Incorporated Mechanically Compliant Carbon Nanotube Microelectrode Arrays for Multichannel Neural Signal Recording
This work presents a soft microelectrode array based on vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) forests, combining high conductivity with mechanical softness. A densification process and air-pressur...
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July 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM