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New Data Drop: Pehuén Moure on learning to control #BionicVision. We talked about why neural responses may be a better target than stimulation settings, what limits the responses we can evoke, and how this could lead to more adaptive visual prostheses. www.bionic-vision.org/research-spo...

Two years ago, we lost Philip Hessburg (@henryfordhealth.bsky.social). A pioneer in #BionicVision and a voice that helped shape how we think about restoring sight. Revisiting his interview: www.bionic-vision.org/research-spo... #Neurotechnology #ophthalmology #VisionResearch

Big news from Phosphoenix: the Amsterdam spin-off has raised €1.3M to advance its visual neuroprosthesis toward a first-in-human study. Their Fountain Probe uses 1,000+ microelectrodes to stimulate the visual pathway directly, bypassing the eyes. #BionicVision #Neurotech lnkd.in/p/e-zaMrC6

Phosphoenix is hiring a Senior Medical Device Engineer to work on their LGN prosthesis #jobs #BCI #NeuroTech www.bionic-vision.org/jobs/senior-...

Researchers from three institutions, including #UCSB, have demonstrated that artificial intelligence has the potential to make future visual prostheses, like a bionic eye, more precise, predictable and responsive to an individual user 👁️ Full story: https://ow.ly/XYKX50ZxM6V

New in @NeuroCellPress: Deep learning can help predict and control neural responses to electrical stimulation in human visual cortex. The study points toward visual prostheses that adapt stimulation to the brain’s actual response. doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #BionicVision #BCI #Neurotechnology

At #IEEE #EMBC 2026? Come check out our presentations: Tu.1.8.2: NETWORK-ADAPTIVE CLOUD PROCESSING FOR VISUAL NEUROPROSTHESES bionicvisionlab.org/publications... Tuesday, 28 July, 08:30 - 10:00 Room 718A

The #FDA has granted PRIMA two Humanitarian Use Device designations: one for advanced geographic atrophy due to #AMD, and one for #Stargardt disease. A meaningful step toward a US regulatory pathway for PRIMA. #BionicVision science.xyz/news/hud-des...

Two #BionicVision studies 👁️🧠 from our lab at #ARVO2026: 1. Argus II timing breaks sighted flicker-fusion assumptions: May 5, 8:30–10:15 AM 2. What shapes blind adults’ attitudes toward vision-restoration technology: May 6, 10:15 AM–12:00 PM Come find us in Denver!

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. www.bionic-vision.org/people/giles... #Neuroscience #NeuroTech

If you're interested in vision restoration, here are a few recent conversations: • Jan Antolik (computational models & V1) • Lauren Ayton (clinical trials & outcomes) • Yossi Mandel (hybrid retinal implants) www.bionic-vision.org/research-spo...

Calling researchers in #NeuroTech, prosthetics, implants: NIH is seeking input on draft resources for implant trials, focused on post-trial support and informed consent. Help shape expectations around long-term care, risks, and responsibilities. 🗓️ May 25, 2026 🔗 grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

“These cells translate electrical current into the language of the retina.” Hybrid prostheses and the push toward more natural stimulation: www.bionic-vision.org/research-spo... #BionicVision #neurotechnology #neuroscience #BCI

Excited to share that two papers from the lab were accepted to #IEEE #EMBC2026 (@embs.org)! 🎉 1. Better symbol design for reading with (future) prosthetic vision 2. Cloud-adaptive preprocessing for visual neuroprostheses under real-world network constraints #BionicVision #NeuroTech

“The greatest challenge is that perception is not simply electrical,” said @ambermaimon.bsky.social. “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” cacm.acm.org/news/the-new...

Metal electrodes cause cumulative brain damage that undermines device performance over time. Science Corp's approach: lab-grown neurons, optically stimulated, designed to integrate natively with the cortex. First-in-human trials in preparation. techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/m... #BCI #NeuroTech

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: theblackandwhite.net/82436/featur... #BCI #NeuralEngineering #NeuroTech

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. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Neurotechnology #BionicVision

How do you actually measure whether a bionic eye works? “It’s a delicate balance.” Lauren Ayton on outcome measures, patients, and regulators: www.bionic-vision.org/research-spo... #Neurotechnology #VisionResearch

421 micro-electrodes. Single-neuron resolution. APEX partnership program of #Paradromics is opening up access to next-gen neural recording systems: www.mpo-mag.com/breaking-new... #Neurotechnology #BCI

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.” stanfordmag.org/contents/vis... #BionicVision #Neurotechnology #VisionResearch #AMD

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: www.bionic-vision.org/research-spo... #CompNeuroSky #neuroskyence #BionicVision

Thrilled and grateful to share our paper out today in @nature.com (rdcu.be/fbd7J). We used a brain machine interface (brain computer interface, #BCI) to causally test the origin of the high-gamma band of local field potentials #LFP. Results impact how we interpret many studies of #brain function

🎙️Live now! Brain-Computer Interfaces: Germany Hacks the Nervous System. Exploring brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) from a European angle with Dr. Martin Schüttler, CTO of CorTec. ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkrS...

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: www.bionic-vision.org/research-spo... #AcademicSky #NeuroAI #neurotechnology

From the AI winter to vision restoration. 👁️ 🧠 @janantolik.bsky.social on building models that take biology seriously and why we still don’t understand how stimulation turns into perception. That gap matters: www.bionic-vision.org/research-spo... #BionicVision #NeuroSkyence #CompNeuroSky

Can electrical stimulation restore sight? @spectrum.ieee.org details the work of Shadi Dayeh at @ucsandiego.bsky.social spectrum.ieee.org/optic-nerve-... #BionicVision #NeuroTech #BCI #blindness

#PRIMA patient describes her experience with prosthetic vision: stanfordmag.org/contents/vis... #BionicVision #NeuroTech #BCI #ophthalmology

"Right now, we are building faster planes on a runway that nobody is extending. I've spent 20 years studying what happens at the boundary between implanted devices & living brain tissue. The biology is humbling." - TK Kozai on the #BCI hype www.linkedin.com/posts/tkozai... #NeuroTech #AcademicSky

New interview w/ José-Alain Sahel, MD, a senior author of the #PRIMA clinical trial: “It’s the first time that any attempt at vision restoration has achieved such results in a large number of patients…” science.xyz/news/jose-sa... #BionicVision #BCI #NeuroTech #AMD #blindness

ReVision Implant receives FDA breakthrough device designation for its Occular visual cortical prosthesis www.massdevice.com/revision-imp... #BionicVision #BCI #NeuroTech

Science's PRIMA clinical trials are expanding to Australia, and will include inherited retinal diseases, such as Stargardt disease and retinitis pigmentosa. Join the patient registry here: patients.science.xyz #BionicVision #Neurotech #blindness #AMD #stargardt

New research from the Maesoon Im lab introduces transparent electrodes that reduce photoelectric artifacts by 74%, enabling simultaneous optical stimulation and electrical recording using neural interfaces #BionicVision #NeuroTech #Engineering advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Science Corp. (@science.xyz) announced that they have raised $230M, which will enable them to "to fully see through the commercialization of our brain-computer interface (BCI) retinal implant, PRIMA, as well as advance our other core pipeline programs into the clinic." science.xyz/news/series-c/

Congratulations to Gislin Dagnelie, PhD, FARVO (@jhu.edu) for winning @arvoinfo.bsky.social 's 2026 Oberdorfer Award four outstanding research in low vision rehabilitation! 🥳 Full announcement: www.arvo.org/news/2026-ob...

As #neurotechnology scales toward high-resolution implantable devices, new challenges emerge: how will users calibrate visual implants with thousands of channels? Learn how by reading our paper, co-first-authored with Dr. Xing Chen, now published at Brain Stimulation! tinyurl.com/Large-scale-...

A Surrey-based study details how the #retina can build its structure from one type of stem cell: "Our simulations show how genetically identical cells can, through intrinsic bias and chance, self-organise into the retina's highly ordered layers." 🧠 🧪 www.bbc.com/news/article... #BionicVision

The Department of Physiology and Biophysics and the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine are seeking a vision scientist to fill an open-rank, tenure-eligible faculty position #AcademicSky #Jobs #NeuroTech #BCI www.bionic-vision.org/jobs/open-ra...

@neuroxepfl.bsky.social invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position (Assistant Professor) in adaptive neurotechnologies: #AcademicSky #Jobs #NeuroTech #BCI www.bionic-vision.org/jobs/faculty...

“AMD patients in our clinical trial were able to read and write again, not just letter by letter but word by word,” said Daniel Palanker, professor of ophthalmology and electrical engineering at Stanford University. #BionicVision #PRIMA #BCI #NeuroTech time.com/7330887/brai...

Presenting “Human in the loop optimisation for efficient intracortical microstimulation temporal patterns in visual cortex” again this afternoon at #SfN!! Come discuss! An amazing collaboration between the Biomedical Neuroengineering group at UMH and @bionicvisionlab.org

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

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 www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...

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 ↓ www.bionic-vision.org/research-spo... #BionicVision #Neurotech #Blindness

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....

🧠👁️ 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. ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...