by Joel Harrison
26. May 2011 13:24
A group of students received an award for their innovative idea concerning contact lenses in the Toshiba/National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision Awards Program.
The students called their project BlindSight. It is a special contact lens with a built-in "nano-camera" that would have the ability to send images to a computer chip implanted in a patient’s brain. This way blind people would be able to see the world around them. In addition, the chip would be able to retrieve the person’s memories from the period before they went blind.
Other awarded projects included an idea for the production of artificial kidneys, a prosthetic inner ear, and a new way of capturing wind and solar energy.
The winners of the competition will receive bonds worth from $5,000 to $10,000 and an expenses-paid trip with their families, mentors and coaches to Washington, DC, for a gala awards weekend, which will take place in June. The competition is sponsored by Toshiba and administered by the National Science Teachers Association.
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