Tag: vision

Why AI fails to reproduce human vision

While computers may be able to spot a familiar face or an oncoming vehicle faster than the human brain, their accuracy is questionable.

March 18, 2023

PM Modi attacks Oppn, says those who talk big lack vision

Modi said that seven crore households in the country have been given piped water in just three years under the 'Har Ghar Jal' mission, "whereas in seven decades since Independence, only three crore households had this facility".

August 19, 2022

More screen time during pandemic may lead to unstable vision in kids

As a result, many children are at risk of having eye strain, unstable binocular vision (using both eyes adequately to create a single visual image), uncorrected refractive error and dry eyes, said researchers at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in the UK.

March 13, 2022

Brain implant helps blind woman to see simple shapes

A team of scientists in the US successfully created a form of artificial vision for a 60-year- old woman, who was fully blind for more than 16 years, using a prosthesis hardwired into her brain.

October 28, 2021

PM Modi underlines ASEAN’s centrality in India’s Indo-Pacific vision

"Due to Covid-19, all of us had to face a lot of challenges, this challenging time was also a test of the India-ASEAN friendship," PM Modi said, addressing the summit via video conferencing

October 28, 2021

Transforming life with compassion, vision and belief

Live with Compassion, Metamorphosing Beliefs and No Peripheral Route to Persuasion.

July 15, 2019

Gautam Gambhir joins BJP, says PM Modi’s vision inspired him

Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir was officially inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

March 22, 2019

Did Mumbai Police reveal ‘Avengers: Infinity Wars’ spoiler? Twitterati think so

Trust the Mumbai Police for its witty takes on everyday police-related matters through its official Twitter handle. But this time, they may have 'spoiled' something.

April 26, 2018

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ will be finale of sorts

The fourth Avengers movie will be a key inflection point in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, according to producer Kevin Feige. In an interview to Vanity Fair, Feige said that Avengers: Infinity War, due in May 2018, will “bring things you’ve never seen in superhero films like a finale”, reports latimes.com. Does finale imply a number of...

November 28, 2017

Saudi Arabia Vision 2030: Vibrant society, thriving economy, ambitious nation

September 23 marked the 87th anniversary of the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This auspicious occasion not just celebrates the historic unification of the Kingdom but also invokes within every Saudi citizen a sense of immense pride in its historical and cultural legacy. Our journey on the path of progress has continued...

September 24, 2017

Vision keeps developing until mid-life

Challenging current belief that our vision matures in the first few years of life, researchers have found that the visual cortex, the human brain's vision-processing centre, actually continues to develop until some time in the late 30s or early 40s. For the study, researchers examined post-mortem brain-tissue samples from 30 people ranging in age from...

May 30, 2017

Eye drops could replace injections in vision loss treatment

Scientists at Britain's University of Birmingham have developed a type of eye drop which could spell the end of painful injections directly into the eye to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common eye disorder that causes blindness. A painless condition which causes people to gradually lose their central vision, usually in both eyes, AMD...

May 16, 2017

Gene delivery system shows promise in vision loss prevention

Researchers have developed gene- carrying nanoparticles that home in on target cells and prevent vision loss in animal models of an inherited eye disease which is also one of the most common causes of blindness in children. Though this research, published in the journal Molecular Therapy – Nucleic Acids, focused on the form of the...

May 11, 2017

3D-printed micro-camera with eagle-eye vision

Scientists have developed a new 3D-printed camera that could provide eagle-eye vision to micro-drones. The micro camera may be employed in medical procedures such as endoscopies, or used to develop micro-robots designed to measure, explore or survey, said researchers from University of Stuttgart in Germany. To create sharp images like an eagle's eye, the researchers...

February 20, 2017

Why our eyes don’t blur when we blink

Ever wondered why we are not plunged into intermittent darkness when we blink? Researchers in Singapore may have the answer. It is because our brain works extra hard to stabilise our vision, without which our surroundings would appear shadowy, erratic and jittery after we blink, a study has showed. Blinking lubricates dry eyes and protects...

January 20, 2017