Blind
people always wonder how do things look like? What's more intriguing is
the appearance of other people especially our loved ones. Imagine a
mother who was blind since birth now can see her baby for the first
time. In the case of Kathy Bleitz, who hails from Canada, she was able
to see her baby for the first time using a new gadget called eSight.
Bleitz has a congenital degenerative disease that can cause
progressive loss of vision. Some people reach a point of total
blindness. However, in her case, she can see blurred shapes during the
day but becomes worst at night, sometimes she can't see in the dark.
Stargardt disease, according to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation,
can start to damage the eyes during ages 6 to 20. However, visual
impairment becomes worst as time passes by until ages 30 to 40.
When she got pregnant, she got worried that she might not be able to
fully take care of her child due to limitations in her vision.
However, when she gave birth, she was given a new eSight headset, ZME Science
reports. This innovative eSight is a new technology that can be worn as
electronic glasses that can help those who are legally blind to see.
It can work for most legally blind people and now has been accredited
safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to their
website, eSight utilizes a new technology that enables blind people to
see because it has a camera, display technology and advanced computing
to deliver real time video.
Developers wrote on their website,
"Our glasses are packed with sophisticated technology designed to
support people with legal blindness. eSight is hands-free, mobile, and
multi-use, which means that users can move seamlessly between
activities, including those that would otherwise be inaccessible due to
low-vision."
The device is a breakthrough in medicine and science because it
offers a great promise for people who are blind. The price of each pair
of glasses is around $15,000 but the developers have launched a
fundraising system to help blind people acquire a pair of eSight
glasses.
Source: Youth Health , 1st Feb 2015
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