For humans, the eyes are more than just windows to the outside world. They are also portals inward, providing others with glimpses into our inner thoughts and feelings. Of all primates, human eyes ...

For humans, the eyes are more than just windows to the outside world. They are also portals inward, providing others with glimpses into our inner thoughts and feelings. Of all primates, human eyes ...

The world's first 3D artificial eyeball -- capable of outperforming the human eye in some ways -- may help droves of people who are partially or fully blind in as little as five years, according ...

If you go. What: Honoring the Human Form exhibit by the Cedar Rapids Drawing Group Where: The Cherry Building, Schwartzkopf Gallery, at 329 10th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids When: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m ...

Ryan and Trevor Oakes—brothers, artist, collaborators—have built a machine capable of capturing detail generally not visible to the naked eye.

The fact that the process is so pared down, however, may very well help scientists produce bionic eyes, employing a unique computer chip that can be programmed to do visual processing like the retina.

Eye spy. The design for a new artificial eye (illustrated) is based on the structure of the human eye. At the back of the eyeball, a synthetic retina is embedded with nanoscale light sensors.

All-seeing: artist's impression of the biomimetic eye (Courtesy: Yaying Xu/oFantastic Color Animation Technology Co.) An artificial device that closely mimics the structure and function of the human ...

Suturing sight. The first reported eye transplant attempts in animals began in the 19th century and peaked during World War II. As recently as 1977, a task force at the National Eye Institute ...