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Lior Golan

In the picture: an illustration of a future holographic stimulation system mounted on glasses that will serve as a visual "prosthesis" for the blind. Images from a miniature video camera will be converted in real time into holograms projected by a laser onto retinal cells (at the back of the eye) that have been genetically modified to be sensitive to light. Illustration: Ina Gefen, Roman Kanavsky and Shai Shom

Technion researchers have developed a new approach to artificially activate a blind retina

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