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| Saqib Shaikh (Microsoft - Redmond, WA) |
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| Dr. Safal Khanal (University of Alabama at Birmingham - Birmingham, AL) |
Saqib Shaikh, Founder and Lead of Seeing AI for Microsoft, explains the object finding function, Find My Things, of the Seeing AI app.
Dr. Safal Khanal, Assistant Professor in Department of Optometry and Vision Science, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, explains a wavelength treatment being tested for children with myopia.
11/24/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)
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| Chris Danielsen (National Federation of the Blind - Baltimore, MD) |
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| Dr. Elisabeth Cohen (NYU Grossman School of Medicine - New York, NY) |
Chris Danielsen, Director Of Public Relations, for the National Federation Of The Blind in Baltimore, discusses how guide dog users have been denied rides from ride-sharing services, Uber and Lyft.
Then, Dr. Elisabeth Cohen, Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, at New York University Grossman School of Medicine at NYU Langone Health, explains how a drug, valacyclovir (Valtrex), is being tested to treat eye complications resulting from shingles.
11/10/2024 (Click Image Below)
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| Dr. Jeffry Ricker (Scottsdale, AZ) |
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| Dr. Roberto Manduchi (University of California-Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA) |
Dr. Jeffry Ricker, a freelance health writer living in Scottsdale, Arizona, who is now blind, explains how those who are blind or have low vision have difficulties interpreting nonverbal cues in interactions with sighted speakers.
Then, Dr. Roberto Manduchi, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Baskin School of Engineering, University of California-Santa Cruz, discusses experimental wayfinding and backtracking apps at his lab that don't require a smartphone to be held in front of the user.
10/27/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)
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| Dr. Wei Li (National Eye Institute - Bethesda, MD) |
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| Dr. Emily Gower (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC) |
Dr. Wei Li, Senior Investigator, Intramural Program, at the National Eye Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, explains cataract research involving the 13-lined ground squirrel and the protein, NRF1114.
Then, Dr. Emily Gower, Professor of Epidemiology, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, goes over studies comparing the effectiveness of two surgeries, posterior lamellar tarsal rotation and bilamellar tarsal rotation in treating trachamotous trichiasis, which involves inward-turning eyelashes scratching the front of the eye.
10/20/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)
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| Dr. Sheila Nirenberg (Cornell Medical School - New York, NY) |
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| Monarch (American Printing House - Louisville, KY) |
Dr. Sheila Nirenberg, Professor at Cornell Medical School and Founder of Bionic Sight, discusses how the Bionic Sight treatment system uses a protein to activate the retina's neural codes and uses glasses to convert what the patient is viewing into signals the brain can understand.
Jason Martin, Technical Innovations Product Manager for American Printing House, explains the Monarch multiline Braille and tactile display device.
10/6/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)
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| OneCourt (Seattle, WA) |
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| Michele McDonnall (NRTC at Mississippi State University - Starkville, MS) |
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| Jay Cormier (Eyedaptic - Laguna Hills, CA) |
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| Dr. Wendy Harrison (University of Houston College of Optometry - Houston, TX) |
Jay Cormier, founder and CEO of Eyedaptic in Laguna Hills, California, explains the EYE5, vision enhancement system, which uses smart glasses with a camera and a smart phone, and the EYE6, which uses an AI visual assistant, called Ivy.
Dr. Wendy Harrison, associate professor of optometry, at the University of Houston College of Optometry, introduces a study that will attempt to determine if impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, and elevated hemoglobin are predictive of diabetic retinopathy.
9/8/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)
