Smith-Kettlewell Institute
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The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco was formed in 1959 by Arthur Jampolsky on the former campus of the Stanford Medical School.
The current interim director of Smith-Kettlewell is Arthur Jampolsky.
Major Work:
The current interim director of Smith-Kettlewell is Arthur Jampolsky.
Major Work:
- botulinum toxinBotulinum toxinBotulinum toxin is a protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, and is considered the most powerful neurotoxin ever discovered. Botulinum toxin causes Botulism poisoning, a serious and life-threatening illness in humans and animals...
for strabismusStrabismusStrabismus is a condition in which the eyes are not properly aligned with each other. It typically involves a lack of coordination between the extraocular muscles, which prevents bringing the gaze of each eye to the same point in space and preventing proper binocular vision, which may adversely...
correction. - sensory substitutionSensory substitutionSensory substitution means to transform the characteristics of one sensory modality into stimuli of another sensory modality. It is hoped that sensory substitution systems can help handicapped people by restoring their ability to perceive a certain defective sensory modality by using sensory...
systems. - RIAS (Remote Infrared Audible Signage)RIAS (Remote Infrared Audible Signage)Remote Infrared Audible Signage was developed by so that print-handicapped people, such as those that are blind or have low-vision, or are illiterate, foreign, or visually impaired, would be able to access the same type of information available through textual print signs within the built...
orientation for print-disabled persons. - autostereogramAutostereogramAn autostereogram is a single-image stereogram , designed to create the visual illusion of a three-dimensional scene from a two-dimensional image in the human brain...
- 3-D perceptions from 2-D renderings.