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Thomas W. Cronin
Which animal has the best eyesight?
Posted
Jan 2022
14:21
Joshua Chu-Tan
The science of preserving sight
Posted
Nov 2021
6:51
Nitish Padmanaban
Autofocusing reading glasses of the future
Posted
May 2020
3:15
Debbie Millman
The function and fashion of eyeglasses
Posted
Feb 2020
6:21
Keith Kirkland
Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch
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Apr 2019
11:15
Andrew Bastawrous
A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable
Posted
Sep 2018
10:12
Caroline Harper
What if we eliminated one of the world's oldest diseases?
Posted
Jun 2018
7:37
Joseph Redmon
How computers learn to recognize objects instantly
Posted
Aug 2017
4:49
Prosanta Chakrabarty
Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish
Posted
Jun 2016
9:29
Chieko Asakawa
How new technology helps blind people explore the world
Posted
Dec 2015
21:50
Donald Hoffman
Do we see reality as it is?
Posted
Jun 2015
17:58
Fei-Fei Li
How we're teaching computers to understand pictures
Posted
Mar 2015
4:28
Joshua Harvey
The evolution of the human eye
Posted
Jan 2015
13:18
Michael Rubinstein
See invisible motion, hear silent sounds
Posted
Dec 2014
5:03
Nathan S. Jacobs
How optical illusions trick your brain
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Aug 2014
6:33
Andrew Bastawrous
Get your next eye exam on a smartphone
Posted
Apr 2014
11:40
Chris Downey
Design with the blind in mind
Posted
Nov 2013
17:36
Elizabeth Loftus
How reliable is your memory?
Posted
Sep 2013
5:43
Lucianne Walkowicz
Light waves, visible and invisible
Posted
Sep 2013
15:44
Ron McCallum
How technology allowed me to read
Posted
Sep 2013
3:53
Andrew Vanden Heuvel
The moon illusion
Posted
Sep 2013
9:03
Jinsop Lee
Design for all 5 senses
Posted
Aug 2013
3:41
Richard E. Cytowic
What color is Tuesday? Exploring synesthesia
Posted
Jun 2013
3:05
Bill Shribman
What cameras see that our eyes don't
Posted
Apr 2013
7:16
Mark Changizi
Why do we see illusions?
Posted
Mar 2013
3:31
Colm Kelleher
How we see color
Posted
Jan 2013
17:08
Marcus Byrne
The dance of the dung beetle
Posted
Dec 2012
16:25
Emma Teeling
The secret of the bat genome
Posted
Oct 2012
8:05
John Lloyd
An animated tour of the invisible
Posted
Sep 2012
20:50
Scott Fraser
Why eyewitnesses get it wrong
Posted
Sep 2012
10:01
Sheila Nirenberg
A prosthetic eye to treat blindness
Posted
Dec 2011
9:08
Dennis Hong
Making a car for blind drivers
Posted
May 2011
18:23
Pawan Sinha
How brains learn to see
Posted
Feb 2010
17:27
Thulasiraj Ravilla
How low-cost eye care can be world-class
Posted
Dec 2009
18:48
Oliver Sacks
What hallucination reveals about our minds
Posted
Sep 2009
5:34
Joshua Silver
Adjustable liquid-filled eyeglasses
Posted
Sep 2009
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