
US President Barack Obama awards the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Dr. Mark Humayun, University of Southern California, for the invention, development, and application of bioelectronics in medicine, including a retinal prosthesis for restoring vision to the blind, significantly improving patients quality of life at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas KammNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images


