Visionaware.org and Digit-Eyes on July 7-8 Show

On our second July show, we'll have the American Foundation for the Blind's Pris Rogers discussing the new VisionAware website.

Then, Nancy Miracle will explain Digit-Eyes, an iPhone application that can be used as a digital audio labeling system.

7/7/2012 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Bionic Eye Technologies and Increase in Eye Disease - June 30 & July 1 Show

Dr. Shawn Kelly (Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA)

Jeff Todd (Prevent Blindness America, Chicago, IL)

On the last June/first July show, we'll have Dr. Shawn Kelly of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University discussing his Bionic Eye Technologies project, that involves a camera and a microchip that sends electrical stimulation to the retinal nerves.

Then, Jeff Todd of Prevent Blindness America makes a return to discuss how the prevalence of eye disease has increased in recent years.

6/30/2012 Podcast (Click Image Below)

NFB-Newsline Mobile and The Cataract Master on June 16 Show

Scott White - National Federation of the Blind

Dr. John Loewenstein - Harvard Medical School

On our second June show, the featured guests are Scott White discussing NFB-Newsline, a service that provides newspapers and magazines read over the phone, and the new iPhone app, called NFB-Newsline Mobile.

The second guest is Dr. John Loewenstein of Harvard Medical School explaining how The Cataract Master, an interactive program that uses computer simulation technology to assist ophthalmology students with cataract surgery.

6/16/2012 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Eye on Vision at 1 PM Sundays Starting July 1

Eye on Vision will begin airing on FM 89.3 WYPL on Sundays at 1 PM on July 1.  The show will continue to air at 7 PM on Saturdays.  That Saturday show will repeat on Sundays.

Dr. Guigley and Dr. Bafna On June 2 Show

Dr. Harry Quigley (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)

Dr. Shamik Bafna (Cleveland Eye Clinic, Cleveland, OH)

On our first June show, we have Dr. Harry Quigley of Johns Hopkins University discussing how geographic factors might affect how often glaucoma is diagnosed.

Then, Cleveland Eye Clinic's Dr. Shamik Bafna talks about corneal crosslinking, which involving the bonding of collagen fibers in the cornea using riboflavin.
6/2/2012 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Indiana's Glazier and Dr. Shirinifard on May 19 Show

Prof. James Glazier

Dr. Abbas Shirinifard

On our second May show, we'll have professor James Glazier and Dr. Abbas Shirinifard of Indiana University's Biocomplexity Institute discussing how an accident led to a new way of looking at how adhesive factors in the retina affect choroidal neovascularization.

5/19/2012 Podcast (Click Image Below)
 

Brad Davis and Dr. Hemin Chin On May 4 Show

Sapphire

ONYX

Dr. Hemin Chin

On the first May show, we'll have Brad Davis of Freedom Scientific discussing the latest versions of the handheld video magnifier called the Sapphire and the Onyx line of portable video magnifiers.


Then, Dr. Hemin Chin of the National Eye Institute goes over two studies into genetic research of glaucoma called GLAUGEN and NEIGHBOR.


5/4/2012 Podcast (Click Image Below)