A photo of Stevie Wonder without the trademark glasses has come back up on social media and gone viral
This has sparked new interest in how technology can help blind people.
Stevie Wonder, a famous American musician, has been blind since he was born. This is because he was born with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), an eye condition caused by abnormal blood vessels in the retina. Despite his blindness, Wonder has achieved remarkable success throughout his career as a singer, songwriter, and performer.
In response to a renewed interest in blindness technology, a team of Dutch experts is making high-tech glasses with a built-in camera that sends images wirelessly to the brain. This new device goes around the nerves between the eyes and the brain, which are usually damaged in blind people.
Pictures and video of Stevie Wonder eyes without the glasses go viral on Twitter
Pretty sure this is from his Hall of Fame induction speech in 1989. pic.twitter.com/gJY46GMkDR
— DC 🏁 (@Suecrae) March 14, 2023
Pictures of Stevie Wonder without glasses are going viral online 👀 pic.twitter.com/0tCY6O6EWQ
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) March 14, 2023
The technology works by using a built-in camera to take still pictures with the push of a button. The images are then sent wirelessly to a tiny chip that is placed on a blind person’s visual cortex. This is done with a combination of radio waves similar to those used for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology. The process is similar to the way the eyes naturally send signals to this part of the brain, which is in charge of turning what the eyes see into images.
Scientists haven’t tried their implant on people yet, but tests in the lab and on monkeys have been positive. The designers hope that their wireless model will make up for some of the problems with older implants, which were directly attached to glasses and could get infected.
Revolutionary glasses offer hope for millions of blind people worldwide
The creation of these glasses could help millions of people who are blind around the world. Other experimental therapies, like bionic eyes being tested in the US and UK and a trial using the gene-editing tool CRISPR to cure genetic blindness, give hope to people who will always be blind.
This is my 1st time EVER seeing Stevie Wonder without his glasses on………. pic.twitter.com/Eh8GoLstp6
— K✖️ng Franko 鸞🪬 (@OMGFranko) March 14, 2023
Stevie Wonder’s story is a powerful source of inspiration for people who are blind. Wonder lost his sight as a newborn but never let his vision disorder hold him back. During his decades-long career, Wonder went from being a Motown child prodigy to being inducted into the R&B Hall of Fame in 2019. He is one of the most-loved American musicians.
As blindness technology keeps getting better, there is hope that more and more people will be able to feel the joy and wonder that Stevie Wonder has given to millions of fans around the world.
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