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👁️🧠🧪🤖 #BionicVision #NeuroTech #BCI #Blindness #Accessibility

[TVST Journal @ARVOtvst]

Lily M. Turkstra et al. from UC, Santa Barbara find that gamification enhances user engagement and task performance in prosthetic vision testing.
https://t.co/WE8BdZAtCx

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

April 30 marks 100 years of Giles S. Brindley FRS

Pioneer of cortical implants & #BionicVision 🧠⚡
Architect of modern erectile dysfunction therapy
Gave the most notorious live demo in scientific history

A century of impact.
https://t.co/o9kKLjrHi9

#Neuroscience #NeuroTech

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

If you're interested in vision restoration, here are a few recent conversations:

• Jan Antolik (computational models & V1)
• Lauren Ayton (@DrLaurenAyton, clinical trials & outcomes)
• Yossi Mandel (hybrid retinal implants)

https://t.co/Kkuy5ZBjLj

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

Calling researchers in #NeuroTech and prosthetics:

@NIH is seeking input on draft resources for implant trials, focused on post-trial support & informed consent

Help shape expectations around long-term care, risks, responsibilities

🗓️ May 25, 2026
🔗 https://t.co/WctY5ij4XA

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

“These cells translate electrical current into the language of the retina.”

Hybrid prostheses and the push toward more natural stimulation:
https://t.co/9VQzPs644z

#BionicVision #neurotechnology #neuroscience #BCI

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

.@AmberMaimon: “The greatest challenge is that perception is not simply electrical.”

“It’s not enough to activate the right neurons or reproduce the correct signal patterns. The information must be organized in a way the brain can interpret+integrate”

https://t.co/GFy2sqx2mB

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

Metal electrodes cause cumulative brain damage that undermines device performance over time. @ScienceCorp_'s approach: lab-grown neurons, optically stimulated, designed to integrate natively with the cortex. First-in-human trials in prep.
https://t.co/lxyMUSbcOY

#BCI #NeuroTech

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

Dr. David McMillan (Miami Project): @neuralink's robot "visualizes blood vessels" at each implant site. That vessel-mapping precision defines the ceiling for what Blindsight's cortical array can attempt:
https://t.co/98CcrUdOMQ

#BCI #NeuralEngineering #NeuroTech

[Science Corporation @ScienceCorp_]

Come visit us at the VM Retina Meeting 2026 in Munich from Thurs, April 16 – Sat, April 18 – booth #7.

Meet our team and see the PRIMA implant, next-gen glasses, and implantation device up close.

PRIMA is our fully wireless, photovoltaic retinal implant which in clinical trials restored central vision to patients with geographic atrophy due to age-related macular degeneration. In a landmark clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, ~80% of participants demonstrated clinically meaningful improvement in visual acuity at 12 months, and 84% reported the ability to read letters, numbers, and words.

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

Even with restored vision, faces remain a challenge.

A new #PRIMA based simulation shows why and how image processing and #ML can help recover lost features.

https://t.co/Gti5lMjkhI

#Neurotechnology #BionicVision

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

How do you actually measure whether a bionic eye works?

“It’s a delicate balance.”

Lauren Ayton on outcome measures, patients, and regulators:
https://t.co/8Hz0yhkmDB

#Neurotechnology #VisionResearch

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

421 micro-electrodes. Single-neuron resolution.

@paradromics' APEX partnership program is opening up access to next-gen neural recording systems:

https://t.co/uv8UPd0Plf

#Neurotechnology #BCI

[Tianhao Lei @TH_Alec_Lei]

🎉 Excited to share our new paper in Nature: “Active Dissociation of Intracortical Spiking and High Gamma Activity.” 🧠

Huge thanks to my advisors first: @SlutzkyLab @joshuaiglaser

Paper link: https://t.co/awTJn2uLTf
Here are some digests that walk you through the results 👇🏼

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

We still don’t have a computational explanation of phosphenes.

That’s a problem if you’re trying to build visual prosthetics.

Jan Antolik on bridging stimulation, circuit dynamics, and percept:
https://t.co/SkDa9VAz5e

#CompNeuro #neuroscience #BionicVision

[NeuroTechLDN @NeuroTechLDN]

"Are BCI companies becoming AI companies?"
@naveen101's Representations - a new series exploring neurotech’s evolving business frontier - digs into #neurotech business Innovation in the #AI era
https://t.co/ZpgxlTBiqW

[IEEE Brain @IEEEBrain]

#Neurotech innovation starts at the device level. @IEEEEDS advances electron and ion-based devices connecting materials, fabrication, and applications that are shaping tomorrow’s #brain-inspired breakthroughs. @IEEEBrain is proud to have it as a supporter: https://t.co/6xvR8Y3Tl7

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

She lost her sight.

Now she reads again.

A retinal implant 20 years in the making is restoring functional vision in patients with macular degeneration.

“Now I read most days.”

https://t.co/O13RnN2K1u

#BionicVision #Neurotechnology #VisionResearch #AMD

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

From #AI to #CompNeuro to #BionicVision:

“If we wish to intervene in the brain, it is not enough to know what computations we wish to impact...”

Jan Antolik on why biological realism matters:
https://t.co/SkDa9VAz5e

#AcademicChatter #NeuroAI #neurotechnology

[Science Corporation @ScienceCorp_]

As we accelerate the development of our Biohybrid BCI program, we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Murat Günel as Science's new Medical Director for Brain-Computer Interfaces. Dr. Günel is Chair of Neurosurgery at Yale School of Medicine, Neurosurgeon-in-Chief of Yale New Haven Health System, and a Member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Read the blog post in the comments.

[bionic-vision.org @bionicvisionorg]

From the AI winter to vision restoration.

Jan Antolik on building models that take biology seriously and why we still don’t understand how stimulation turns into perception. That gap matters:
https://t.co/SkDa9VAz5e

#BionicVision #NeuroTech #BCI #ComputationalNeuroscience