141. CNN.com - Could Bionic Eye End Blindness? - June 13, 2002 Could bionic eye end blindness? Jens completely CNN. We are at the beginning of the end of blindness with this type of technology. . Any http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/06/13/bionic.eye/

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US/HELP CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe CNNenEspanol.com CNNArabic.com ... set your edition Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Could bionic eye end blindness? Jens completely lost his sight 18 years ago, but with the use of special glasses, he can find his way through rooms. By Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Kristi Petersen (CNN) Artificial vision for the blind was once the stuff of science fiction Lt. Geordi La Forge's visor on "Star Trek" or the bionic eye of "The Six Million Dollar Man." But now, a limited form of artificial vision is a reality one some say is one of the greatest triumphs in medical history. "We are now at a watershed," Joseph Lazzaro, author of "Adaptive Technologies for Learning and Work Environments," told CNN. "We are at the beginning of the end of blindness with this type of technology." Any scientific advance would have broad implications. According to statistics from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., 1.1 million people in the United States are legally blind, while worldwide 42 million people are without sight. The Dobelle Institute is among several institutions trying in essence to create a new cornea through technology. The cornea allows light into the interior of the eye.

142. I Am Color Blind Information on color blindness. Links include tests to determine color deficiency. http://tjshome.com/colorblind.php

Back to Home About Me My Forums In the News ... Tell A Friend After your done reading this page take the colorblind "Selftest" Alot of people have no clue what it means to be colorblind. Here is some quickfacts: First of all most color impaired can see all colors. Very few color blind people can only see in black in white (less than 1% of us). Color blindness is the inability to perceive differences between some colors that other people can distinguish. It is most often of genetic nature, but might also occur because of eye, nerve or brain damage or due to use of some chemical substances. 5% to 8% of the men and 0.5% of the women of the world are born colorblind. A color-defective male always inherits his deficiency from his mother, the mother however is not colorblind The defect of color vision that is characterized by the inability to see the color red is called protanopia. Bulls are not colorblind, it is the motion of the cape which angers them. In World War II, colorblind men were sent on special missions, because their decreased ability to see green led to an increased ability to see through or detect camouflage. Famous People: Mr. Rogers

143. Vegan Porn: Eggs Cause Blindness missing out. You can adjust your threshold via this link (also available at the top right of this page). Eggs cause blindness. 200405 http://www.veganporn.com/documents.pl?mode=show&doc=1052271698&forumid=1

144. Introduction To IAPB-International Agency For The Prevention Of Blindness Leads an international effort in mobilising resources for blindness prevention activities. http://www.iapb.org/introduction.htm

INTRODUCTION WHY IAPB ? There are an estimated 45 million blind people and 1.5 million blind children in the world. Over 90% of the blind live in developing countries. Because of the increase in life expectancy and the projected increase in world population, this number is likely to rise to more than 75 million by the year 2020 if current trends continue. Of every ten blind people, seven live in Asia and two in Africa. Six of the ten can be cured by cataract surgery and a further three could be prevented from going blind if eye care services were readily available. Blindness is therefore mainly a problem of developing countries, but a problem, which could be avoided in up to 80% of cases. WHAT IS IAPB? The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness was established in 1975 as a coordinating, umbrella organisation to lead an international effort in mobilising resources for blindness prevention activities. Its first major achievement was to promote the establishment of a WHO Programme for Prevention of Blindness, with which it has remained strongly linked. OBJECTIVES Within the mandate of combating avoidable blindness, the Agency has major objectives. These are:

145. ThinkQuest : Library : Seeing Disabilities From A Different Perspective Fourth and fifth graders provide information on autism, blindness, cerebral palsy, and deafness, including causes, effects, and famous people who have suffered from these conditions. http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5852/

Index Differently-abled Seeing Disabilities from a Different Perspective Visit Site 1999 ThinkQuest USA Awards Silver Want to build a ThinkQuest site? The ThinkQuest site above is one of thousands of educational web sites built by students from around the world. Click here to learn how you can build a ThinkQuest site. Privacy Policy

146. Sight Savers International - International Charity Fighting Blindness A charity that combats blindness globally. http://www.sightsavers.org.uk/

You're about to discover just how amazing it can be to give the gift of sight. At Sight Savers, we work in the world's poorest countries, restoring sight and giving hope to many adults and children who are needlessly blind. who we are what we do eye conditions how to donate ... Our work Discover how we are helping to save sight and change lives in Pakistan and in the developing world Latest News Find out more about the human eye News by email Click here to receive regular news updates and information Help us to save sight Click here to find out how you can help change lives Get Involved Help save sight by taking part in the Morecambe Bay Walk view our site map screensaver

147. Twinkle & Eyenstein's Wise Eye Web Children's guide eye safety, eye science, and the prevention of blindness. http://www.keystoneblind.org/wiseweb/wiseweb.htm

Main Page The Amazing Eye Optical Illusions! Coloring pages! ... For Teachers A safe search! For Kids Homework Help I'm Twinkle! I'm Eyenstein! We're the Prevention of Blindness Mascots of the Keystone Blind Association This website is all about eye safety, eye science, and the prevention of blindness! - Table of Contents- Our Story The Amazing Eye Optical Illusions Photo Album ... For Teachers Eyenstein's 2002 Tour! (New schedule posting soon check back!) Feature photo Eyenstein plays soccer at the Pittsburgh Riverhounds annual soccer match. more photos! is a production of Keystone Blind Association 1230 Stambaugh Ave. Sharon, PA 16146 phone: (724) 347-5501 toll free: (800) 837-4122 fax: (724) 347-2204 kba@infonline.net http://keystoneblind.org visitors since December 3, 1999 Counter provided by Web Counter c. 1999, 2000 Keystone Blind Association

148. The Foundation Fighting Blindness - Canada High Contrast Version, Regular Version, http://www.ffb.ca/

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149. Vision Of Children - Childhood Blindness And Vision Impairment Groups aims include the eradication of hereditary childhood blindness, ocular albinism and other blindness. http://www.visionofchildren.org

Vision of Children - Dedicated to curing childhood hereditary blindness, including Ocular Albinism and other related genetic vision disorders. HOME PAGE DIRECTORY: Update! Make a Difference Our Mission Life Stories ... Click here to see your pictures from the event Bocelli Performance a Stunning Success Raising almost $700,000 to benefit the Vision of Children Foundation ...continued VOC Holds Third World Symposium on Ocular Albinism November 9-11, 2003, the Vision of Children Foundation held the Third World Symposium on Ocular Albinism in San Diego, CA. Over 25 scientists attended, including Peter Dudley, M.D. from the National Eye Institute. Topics included the OA1 protein's role in the melanin synthesis pathway and optic nerve development, gene therapy, and surgical manipulation of the retinal pigment epithelium. The Symposium also coincided with the fundraising gala An Evening with Andrea Bocelli Mr. Bocelli, who himself is blind due to the genetic condition congenital glaucoma, was able to interact with the scientists the evening before the event. Truly an evening to remember, the event raised over $700,000 towards genetic eye research.

150. African Programme For Onchocerciasis Control Working towards the elimination of onchocerciasis, or river blindness, throughout Africa. http://www.who.int/ocp/apoc

151. Blindness / Visual Impairments / Family Village Library Library A B. blindness / Visual Impairments. Prevent blindness America publishes, Prevent blindness News, three times a year at a cost of $10.00 a year. http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_blnd.htm

Blindness / Visual Impairments Who to Contact Where to Go to Chat with Others News Groups Learn More About It ... Web Sites Who to Contact American Council of the Blind 1155 15th Street N.W. Suite 720 Washington, DC USA 20005 (800) 424-8666 (Available 2:30pm to 5:00pm, Eastern Standard Time) Fax: (202) 467-5085 E-mail: info@acb.org Web: http://www.acb.org/ The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is a national organization established to promote the independence, dignity and well-being of blind and visually impaired people. Members are blind, visually impaired, or fully sighted people from all walks of life. The Council helps to improve the lives of the blind by working to enhance civil rights, employment, rehabilitation services, safe and expanded transportation, travel and recreation, Social Security benefits, accessibility and works in coalition with other disability groups. The concerns of various professions and special populations are addressed by ACB's many national special interest affiliates and committees. These affiliates help the Council address the special interests and concerns of women, minorities, students, families, guide dog users, braille readers, and many others. ACB publishes a monthly magazine

152. The Gift Of Sight - Home Supports the Foundation Fighting blindness to cure the blindness of more than 6 million Americans. http://www.thegiftofsight.org

GET INFORMED More than 6 million Americans are blind and more than 15 million others have pre-symptomatic signs of blindness from retinal degenerative diseases. Learn more about these retinal diseases, the people they affect, and the research that can literally change the lives of millions. Retinal Diseases Learn about retinal diseases that cause vision impairment and blindness. Research for a Cure Explore the cutting edge research that you can help support. Profiles in Blindness Discover the stories that inspire our search for a cure. Simulation Images See with your own eyes what it would be like to lose your sight. GET INVOLVED Give the gift of sight by making a donation and helping us spread the word! Thanks to your generous donations, we have raised more than $18,000!. The campaign continues. Please contact us if you are interested in learning more about our effort. Donate Online Now Use our secure online system to make a donation with your credit card.

153. Blindness From Smoking - Lungs: Pulmonary And Respiratory Health And Medical Inf MedicineNet Home Lungs Home blindness From Smoking. Advanced Search. blindness From Smoking. Background Most people remain unaware http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=31256

154. National Federation Of The Blind Of Alabama Home Page Information on blindness, legislation, chapter activities, and state conventions. http://www.nfbofalabama.org/

Go Here to find your closest N F B of Alabama Affiliate Chapter and a Yahoo map to the location of the meetings. CHANGING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLIND! The problem of blindness is not the lack of eyesight. The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of information that exists.  If a blind person has proper training and opportunity, blindness is only a physical nuisance. You can help us to provide these things. Go Here and fill out an On-Line Check to make a tax-deductible donation to the National Federation of the Blind of Alabama. Thank you in advance for your generosity. 2004 NFB of Alabama State Convention Data ! NEWS Flash ! Go here to read about A D A training workshops for transition age blind or visually impaired and otherwise disabled students in Alabama. NEWSLINE AVAILABLE NATION-WIDE Yes, now all blind and visually impaired persons can read both local and national newspapers over their touch-tone telephone, and it's FREE! Look here for NewsLine Details . The quickest way for Alabama Residents to sign up for NewsLine is by calling Michael Jones (evenings) (334) 501-2001. He has direct access to the Alabama database. Next best is via the form from the above link that must be sent to the National Headquarters. Finally, you may contact the N L S Regional Service Center at (800) 392-5671 or your cooperating local NLS Network Library. ALABAMA LEGISLATURE FUNDS NEWSLINE The U S Government funded the NewsLine upgrade and first year of nation-wide operation through a grant to the National Library Service (N L S). However, continued federal funding is uncertain. Last year the Alabama Legislature passed S J R 123, a joint resolution for a pilot program funding "A Reading Service For The Sight Impaired".

155. Change Blindness Demonstration Change blindness Demonstration University of South Dakota Internet Psychology Laboratory. Click here to start the Change blindness demonstration. http://www.usd.edu/psyc301/ChangeBlindness.htm

Change Blindness Demonstration University of South Dakota Internet Psychology Laboratory This on-line demonstration of Ronald Rensink's Change Blindness paradigm is a modification of his earlier software for the MacIntosh computer. We simply appropriated the images used in his program and ported them to an Internet-based "applet". Instructions Once the program starts, right-click anywhere on the stimulus photograph to call a pop-up menu that can be used to change the stimulus timing parameters or switch to another scenario. To exit the demo, simple click the browser's "Back" button to return to this page. Click here to start the Change Blindness demonstration USD Internet Psychology Labs Professor Schieber's Home Page This is the 19,034th time this page has been viewed.

156. National Family Association For Deaf-Blind Alabama Region Supports people with deafblindness and their families. Contact information for local project coordinators and links to the national site. http://www.nfadb.org/Region4A/Alabama.htm

157. Visual Expert Human Factors: Inattentional Blindness & Conspicuity Inattentional blindness Conspicuity. Marc Green. Seminar Available on this topic. The crash kills over 100 people. Inattentional blindness . http://www.visualexpert.com/Resources/inattentionalblindness.html

Marc Green Seminar Available on this topic. Item: An automobile driver looks left down a sidewalk and pulls forward into a driveway. She hears a thud, looks down and sees a bicyclist on the ground near her left front fender. The bicyclist is seriously injured. Item: A nurse pulls a vial from a cabinet. She looks at the label, fills the syringe and then injects the patient. The patient receives the wrong drug and dies. Item: A submarine commander looks through his periscope and sees no ships nearby. He orders the ballast blown and the submarine to surface. He then hears the clank of a ship hitting his deck and realizes that he has surfaced with another ship directly overhead. The ship overturns, killing 9 people aboard. Item: An Eastern airline pilot and his fellow officers see a bulb flash on the control panel. They become so concerned with the cause, that they don't notice the plane approaching the ground or hear the alarm. The crash kills over 100 people. "Inattentional Blindness" All of these real accidents and a large number of others occur under strikingly similar circumstances: someone performing a task simply fails to see what should have been plainly visible. Afterwards, the person cannot explain the lapse. The person making the error is likely to be held negligent. While assigning blame and deeming someone as stupid or careless might provide emotional catharsis, it does little explain why such accidents are so commonplace. Why do intelligent, diligent and thorough people so often fail to see the obvious?

158. Brief Blindness Less Serious Stroke Symptom CNN http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/10/10/mini.strokes.ap/index.html

159. The Blindness Of The Greens - Opinion - Www.theage.com.au Register WIN an Arctic trip Login. The blindness of the greens. By Patrick Moore February 16, 2004. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/15/1076779833837.html

@import url("/css/theage.css"); Welcome to The Age Online. Skip directly to: Search Box Section Navigation Content Register ... Login The blindness of the greens By Patrick Moore February 16, 2004 Page Tools Email to a friend Printer format The campaign of fear waged against genetic modification is based largely on fantasy and a complete lack of respect for science and logic. Illustration: Dyson I was raised in the tiny fishing and logging village of Winter Harbour on the north-west tip of Vancouver Island, where salmon spawned in the streams of the adjoining Pacific rainforest. In school, I discovered ecology, and realised that through science I could gain insight into the natural beauties I had known as a child. In the late 1960s I was transformed into a radical environmental activist. A ragtag group of activists and I sailed a leaky old halibut boat across the North Pacific to block the last US hydrogen bomb tests under President Richard Nixon. In the process I co-founded Greenpeace. By the mid-1980s my interest was in "sustainable development" that would take environmental ideas and incorporate them into the traditional social and economic values that govern public policy and our daily behaviour. Every morning, 6 billion people wake up with real needs for food, energy and materials.

160. CNN.com - Study: Smoking Raises Risk Of Blindness - Mar. 5, 2004 CNN http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/03/05/smoking.blindness.reut/index.html

International Edition MEMBER SERVICES The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Services CNNtoGO Contact Us SEARCH Web CNN.com Study: Smoking raises risk of blindness Story Tools RELATED Early exams may prevent common vision loss HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library Macular degeneration YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Follow the news that matters to you. Create your own alert to be notified on topics you're interested in. Or, visit Popular Alerts for suggestions. Manage alerts What is this? LONDON, England (Reuters) Smokers are up to four times more likely than non-smokers to develop a disease that is the leading cause of adult blindness, public health experts said in the British Medical Journal on Friday. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an irreversible and progressive illness that robs people of their sight. Although its causes are unknown, evidence from three large studies shows smokers have a higher risk of suffering from it. "Smokers are three to four times as likely to develop AMD," Richard Edwards, a public health expert at Manchester University, told Reuters. In Britain an estimated one in five cases of AMD are attributable to smoking. AMD caused by smoking has impaired the sight of about 54,000 people and blinded nearly 18,000.

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