<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Blind man sees wife for first time after having a TOOTH implanted into his eye : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/"/><tagline>Blind man sees wife for first time after having a TOOTH implanted into his eye : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>science.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, science.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-26T19:59:31+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Blind man sees wife for first time after having a TOOTH implanted into his eye]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/126670/1/" /><id>126670</id><summary><![CDATA[Blind man sees wife for first time after having a TOOTH implanted into his eye]]></summary><issued>2009-07-04T10:51:18+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-04T10:51:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[When Martin Jones met his wife four years ago, he never imagined that one day he would get to see what she looked like. The 42-year-old builder was left blind after an accident at work more than a decade ago.<br/><br/>But a remarkable operation - which implants part of his tooth in his eye -  has now pierced his world of darkness. With details on the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/52346/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">procedure mentioned here</a>]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</script></div><entry><title><![CDATA[Blind man sees with the aid of son's tooth]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/52346/1/" /><id>52346</id><summary><![CDATA[Blind man sees with the aid of son's tooth]]></summary><issued>2008-02-27T21:34:05+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-27T21:34:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son's tooth in his eye.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blind man sees wife &amp; kids for the first time]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/plime-com/l/37140/1/" /><id>37140</id><summary><![CDATA[Blind man sees wife &amp; kids for the first time]]></summary><issued>2007-10-02T17:47:17+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-02T17:47:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In today's GOOD news...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blind ambition sees pilot Miles set record]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/plime-com/l/18461/1/" /><id>18461</id><summary><![CDATA[Blind ambition sees pilot Miles set record]]></summary><issued>2007-04-30T02:13:37+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-30T02:13:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Blind pilot Miles Hilton-Barber felt euphoric when he touched down at Sydney's Bankstown Airport just before 8am, becoming the first blind man to fly halfway around the world.<br/><br/>Update on an <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/17714/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">earlier post</a>.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blind Granny Healed With Tooth-Implant In Eye]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/weird/l/133256/1/" /><id>133256</id><summary><![CDATA[Blind Granny Healed With Tooth-Implant In Eye]]></summary><issued>2009-09-19T03:35:29+01:00</issued><modified>2009-09-19T03:35:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A formerly blind grandmother has regained her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Eating in total darkness, served by blind waiters.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/weird/l/5621/1/" /><id>5621</id><summary><![CDATA[Eating in total darkness, served by blind waiters.]]></summary><issued>2006-11-13T09:49:30+01:00</issued><modified>2006-11-13T09:49:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[New restaurant opens in London, Dans Le Noir.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blind can take wheel with vehicle designed by university engineering design team]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/128095/1/" /><id>128095</id><summary><![CDATA[Blind can take wheel with vehicle designed by university engineering design team]]></summary><issued>2009-07-16T22:54:46+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-16T22:54:46+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A retrofitted four-wheel dirt buggy developed by the Blind Driver Challenge team  uses laser range finders, an instant voice command interface and a host of other innovative, cutting-edge technology to guide blind drivers as they steer, brake, and accelerate.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hybrid too quiet for the blind]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/technology/l/12264/1/" /><id>12264</id><summary><![CDATA[Hybrid too quiet for the blind]]></summary><issued>2007-03-05T07:28:16+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-05T07:28:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For years, people have moaned about how noisy cars can be, but you would never imagine that people would complain if cars were too quiet. That is exactly what Cheryl Martin, the director from the Lilac Blind Foundation, has been doing.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How the Brain Learns to See]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/plime-com/l/133246/1/" /><id>133246</id><summary><![CDATA[How the Brain Learns to See]]></summary><issued>2009-09-19T00:49:51+01:00</issued><modified>2009-09-19T00:49:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Normally, babies learn how to look at the world before they can communicate their experiences. The rare cases of people who have been blind all their lives and then had their sight restored offer scientists a unique opportunity to study how we learn to interpret visual signals. Pawan Sinha is studying children and adolescents in India who are seeing the world for the first time after treatment for blindness.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blind and Gay]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/plime-com/l/82651/1/" /><id>82651</id><summary><![CDATA[Blind and Gay]]></summary><issued>2008-11-23T22:13:54+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-23T22:13:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The story about a blind man and his experience in the gay world.  Sorta sad.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[John Bramblitt, blind artist]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/plime-com/l/52754/1/" /><id>52754</id><summary><![CDATA[John Bramblitt, blind artist]]></summary><issued>2008-03-02T18:38:39+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-02T18:38:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A quick search turns up a multiplicity of blind artists, but I really like this man's art.  Link inspired by <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/52699/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this post</a>.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Siafu, The PC for Blind People]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/technology/l/53920/1/" /><id>53920</id><summary><![CDATA[Siafu, The PC for Blind People]]></summary><issued>2008-03-11T17:55:15+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-11T17:55:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I've never seen anything like this, it looks incredible. A new type of PC for blind people. I can't describe it very well, so have a look.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hospital workers abandon blind patient at park after ex-wife refuses to take him in]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/plime-com/l/41587/1/" /><id>41587</id><summary><![CDATA[Hospital workers abandon blind patient at park after ex-wife refuses to take him in]]></summary><issued>2007-11-14T08:10:01+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-14T08:10:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Four hospital workers abandoned a blind patient with diabetes at an Osaka park in September after his former wife refused to take him in.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Million-year-old human tooth found]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/26297/1/" /><id>26297</id><summary><![CDATA[Million-year-old human tooth found]]></summary><issued>2007-07-05T11:16:06+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-05T11:16:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Spanish researchers have reportedly unearthed a human tooth more than one million years old, which they estimated to be the oldest human fossil remain ever discovered in western Europe.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Color Blind, And how They View the World.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/plime-com/l/44298/1/" /><id>44298</id><summary><![CDATA[The Color Blind, And how They View the World.]]></summary><issued>2007-12-15T08:54:00+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-15T08:54:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Very interesting look on how the color blind see things compared to normal sight.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The contact lens that can help the blind see again]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/118090/1/" /><id>118090</id><summary><![CDATA[The contact lens that can help the blind see again]]></summary><issued>2009-05-28T21:07:12+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-28T21:07:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The groundbreaking operation brought significant improvements in vision within a matter of weeks. <br/><br/>The procedure uses a person's own cells to heal damage to the cornea - the transparent outermost layer of the eye.<br/><br/>Fitting news for <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/f/6639/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FAF</a> if eyes win.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Federal judge rules paper money is unfair to the blind.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/weird/l/6634/1/" /><id>6634</id><summary><![CDATA[Federal judge rules paper money is unfair to the blind.]]></summary><issued>2006-11-29T08:27:37+01:00</issued><modified>2006-11-29T08:27:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Soon we won't be able to short change sightless people anymore.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blind Pianist Who Can Master Any Tune After Hearing It Once]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/plime-com/l/120732/1/" /><id>120732</id><summary><![CDATA[Blind Pianist Who Can Master Any Tune After Hearing It Once]]></summary><issued>2009-06-06T11:15:21+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-06T11:15:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Derek Paravicini is blind and severely disabled. He has absolute pitch. This means he can hear a piece of music once and be able to master it, even be able to change it up any way requested. He can hear a chord and recognize each individual note.<br/><i>see video <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/18258/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a></i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Electronic device that allows blind people to 'see' using their tongue ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/plime-com/l/132163/1/" /><id>132163</id><summary><![CDATA[Electronic device that allows blind people to 'see' using their tongue ]]></summary><issued>2009-09-01T15:22:07+01:00</issued><modified>2009-09-01T15:22:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A groundbreaking electronic device will allow blind people to 'see' using their tongues, scientists have claimed. The extraordinary technology takes pictures filmed by a tiny camera and turns the information into electrical pulses which can be felt on the tongue.<br/><br/>    Tests show that the nerves send messages to the brain which turn these tingles back into pictures.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Beep Beep Beep Beep RUN!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/sports/l/131162/1/" /><id>131162</id><summary><![CDATA[Beep Beep Beep Beep RUN!]]></summary><issued>2009-08-19T17:40:16+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-19T17:40:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For the bases that is. Blind individuals  play <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nbba.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">beep ball</a>, a form of baseball specially modified for the blind. A special baseball that beeps (and weighs an entire pound!) is used, and payers run toward padded columnar &quot;bases&quot; that beep. Due to varying levels of sightedness, players wear blindfolds on the field to keep things equal. An update on the sport from an <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/24998/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">earlier post</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Deaf and blind woman escapes her abductor then identifies the suspect]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/plime-com/l/94554/1/" /><id>94554</id><summary><![CDATA[Deaf and blind woman escapes her abductor then identifies the suspect]]></summary><issued>2009-02-14T13:10:59+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-14T13:10:59+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The woman &#8212; deaf and mute, with vision so poor she's legally blind &#8212; had been sitting at a bus stop when she was approached by a man she thought was a co-worker. She was wrong!]]></content></entry></feed>