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My grandmother didn't approve of Tridib. He is a loafer and a wastrel. I would sometimes hear her saying to my parents; he doesn't do any proper work, lives off his father's money. To me she would only allow herself to say with a sardonic little twist of her mouth: I don't want to see you loafing with Trideb, Tridib wastes his time.

It didn't sound terrible, but, in fact, in my grandmother's usage there was nothing very much worse that could be said of anyone. For her time was like a toothbrush: it went mouldy if it wasn't used. I asked her once what happened to wasted time. She tossed her small silvery head, screwed up her long nose and said: It begins to stink.

As for herself, she had been careful to rid our little flat of everything that might encourage us to let our time stink. No chessboard nor any pack of cards ever came through our door; there was a battered Ludo set somewhere but I was only allowed to play with it when I was ill. She didn't even approve of my mother listening to the afternoon radio play more than once a week. In our flat all of us worked hard at whatever we did: my grandmother at her schoolmastering; I at my homework; my mother at her housekeeping; my father at his job in a company.

Our time wasn't given the slightest opportunity to grow mouldy.

That was why I loved to listen to Tridib: he never seemed to use his time, but his time didn't stink. Sometimes Trideb would drop in to see us without warning. My grandmother, for all her disapproval of him, would be delighted whenever he came- partly because she was fond of him in her own way, but mainly because Tridib and his family were our only rich relatives, and it flattered her to think that he had gone out of his way to come and see her.

But of course, she knew, though she wouldn't admit it, that he had really come to nurse his stomach.

My grandmother didn't approve of Tridib. He is a loafer and a wastrel. I would sometimes hear her saying to my parents; he doesn't do any proper work, lives off his father's money. To me she would only allow herself to say with a sardonic little twist of her mouth: I don't want to see you loafing with Trideb, Tridib wastes his time.

It didn't sound terrible, but, in fact, in my grandmother's usage there was nothing very much worse that could be said of anyone. For her time was like a toothbrush: it went mouldy if it wasn't used. I asked her once what happened to wasted time. She tossed her small silvery head, screwed up her long nose and said: It begins to stink.

As for herself, she had been careful to rid our little flat of everything that might encourage us to let our time stink. No chessboard nor any pack of cards ever came through our door; there was a battered Ludo set somewhere but I was only allowed to play with it when I was ill. She didn't even approve of my mother listening to the afternoon radio play more than once a week. In our flat all of us worked hard at whatever we did: my grandmother at her schoolmastering; I at my homework; my mother at her housekeeping; my father at his job in a company.

Our time wasn't given the slightest opportunity to grow mouldy.

That was why I loved to listen to Tridib: he never seemed to use his time, but his time didn't stink. Sometimes Trideb would drop in to see us without warning. My grandmother, for all her disapproval of him, would be delighted whenever he came- partly because she was fond of him in her own way, but mainly because Tridib and his family were our only rich relatives, and it flattered her to think that he had gone out of his way to come and see her.

But of course, she knew, though she wouldn't admit it, that he had really come to nurse his stomach.

My grandmother didn't approve of Tridib. He is a loafer and a wastrel. I would sometimes hear her saying to my parents; he doesn't do any proper work, lives off his father's money. To me she would only allow herself to say with a sardonic little twist of her mouth: I don't want to see you loafing with Trideb, Tridib wastes his time.

It didn't sound terrible, but, in fact, in my grandmother's usage there was nothing very much worse that could be said of anyone. For her time was like a toothbrush: it went mouldy if it wasn't used. I asked her once what happened to wasted time. She tossed her small silvery head, screwed up her long nose and said: It begins to stink.

As for herself, she had been careful to rid our little flat of everything that might encourage us to let our time stink. No chessboard nor any pack of cards ever came through our door; there was a battered Ludo set somewhere but I was only allowed to play with it when I was ill. She didn't even approve of my mother listening to the afternoon radio play more than once a week. In our flat all of us worked hard at whatever we did: my grandmother at her schoolmastering; I at my homework; my mother at her housekeeping; my father at his job in a company.

Our time wasn't given the slightest opportunity to grow mouldy.

That was why I loved to listen to Tridib: he never seemed to use his time, but his time didn't stink. Sometimes Trideb would drop in to see us without warning. My grandmother, for all her disapproval of him, would be delighted whenever he came- partly because she was fond of him in her own way, but mainly because Tridib and his family were our only rich relatives, and it flattered her to think that he had gone out of his way to come and see her.

But of course, she knew, though she wouldn't admit it, that he had really come to nurse his stomach.

My grandmother didn't approve of Tridib. He is a loafer and a wastrel. I would sometimes hear her saying to my parents; he doesn't do any proper work, lives off his father's money. To me she would only allow herself to say with a sardonic little twist of her mouth: I don't want to see you loafing with Trideb, Tridib wastes his time.

It didn't sound terrible, but, in fact, in my grandmother's usage there was nothing very much worse that could be said of anyone. For her time was like a toothbrush: it went mouldy if it wasn't used. I asked her once what happened to wasted time. She tossed her small silvery head, screwed up her long nose and said: It begins to stink.

As for herself, she had been careful to rid our little flat of everything that might encourage us to let our time stink. No chessboard nor any pack of cards ever came through our door; there was a battered Ludo set somewhere but I was only allowed to play with it when I was ill. She didn't even approve of my mother listening to the afternoon radio play more than once a week. In our flat all of us worked hard at whatever we did: my grandmother at her schoolmastering; I at my homework; my mother at her housekeeping; my father at his job in a company.

Our time wasn't given the slightest opportunity to grow mouldy.

That was why I loved to listen to Tridib: he never seemed to use his time, but his time didn't stink. Sometimes Trideb would drop in to see us without warning. My grandmother, for all her disapproval of him, would be delighted whenever he came- partly because she was fond of him in her own way, but mainly because Tridib and his family were our only rich relatives, and it flattered her to think that he had gone out of his way to come and see her.

But of course, she knew, though she wouldn't admit it, that he had really come to nurse his stomach.

My grandmother didn't approve of Tridib. He is a loafer and a wastrel. I would sometimes hear her saying to my parents; he doesn't do any proper work, lives off his father's money. To me she would only allow herself to say with a sardonic little twist of her mouth: I don't want to see you loafing with Trideb, Tridib wastes his time.

It didn't sound terrible, but, in fact, in my grandmother's usage there was nothing very much worse that could be said of anyone. For her time was like a toothbrush: it went mouldy if it wasn't used. I asked her once what happened to wasted time. She tossed her small silvery head, screwed up her long nose and said: It begins to stink.

As for herself, she had been careful to rid our little flat of everything that might encourage us to let our time stink. No chessboard nor any pack of cards ever came through our door; there was a battered Ludo set somewhere but I was only allowed to play with it when I was ill. She didn't even approve of my mother listening to the afternoon radio play more than once a week. In our flat all of us worked hard at whatever we did: my grandmother at her schoolmastering; I at my homework; my mother at her housekeeping; my father at his job in a company.

Our time wasn't given the slightest opportunity to grow mouldy.

That was why I loved to listen to Tridib: he never seemed to use his time, but his time didn't stink. Sometimes Trideb would drop in to see us without warning. My grandmother, for all her disapproval of him, would be delighted whenever he came- partly because she was fond of him in her own way, but mainly because Tridib and his family were our only rich relatives, and it flattered her to think that he had gone out of his way to come and see her.

But of course, she knew, though she wouldn't admit it, that he had really come to nurse his stomach.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common condition that affects the middle part of someone's vision, often worsening over time. Its exact cause is unknown, but occurs when light-sensitive photoreceptor cells and neurons in the center of the retina are damaged, making it hard to recognize faces or read. Approved treatments can only slow its progression.

People with advanced stage of geographic atrophy usually retain some photoreceptor cells that allow for peripheral vision and enough retinal neurons to pass visual information to the brain.

Taking advantage of this, Daniel Palanker at Stanford University in California and his colleagues have developed a device called PRIMA. It involves a small camera mounted on a pair of glasses that captures images, then projects them via infrared light to a 2 × 2 mm solar-powered, wireless chip implanted in the back of an eye.

The chip then converts this image information into an electric signal that retinal neurons can pass to the brain. Infrared light is used because we cannot see in this wavelength. The process doesn't interfere with any existing vision.

To test this, researchers recruited 32 people aged 60 or above who had geographic atrophy. Their vision in at least one eye was worse than 20/320, which means they could only see at 20 feet (6 meters) what a person with 20/20 vision could see at 320 feet.

The researchers first implanted this chip in one eye of these participants, then four to five weeks later, these volunteers began to use these glasses in their daily lives. The glasses allowed them to magnify what they were seeing 12 times and to adjust the brightness and contrast. After a year, 27 of these participants could read again as well as perceive shapes and patterns.

By giving participants this ability to perceive shapes and patterns, PRIMA represents the first prosthesis to restore functional sight in people with this condition.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common condition that affects the middle part of someone's vision, often worsening over time. Its exact cause is unknown, but occurs when light-sensitive photoreceptor cells and neurons in the center of the retina are damaged, making it hard to recognize faces or read. Approved treatments can only slow its progression.

People with advanced stage of geographic atrophy usually retain some photoreceptor cells that allow for peripheral vision and enough retinal neurons to pass visual information to the brain.

Taking advantage of this, Daniel Palanker at Stanford University in California and his colleagues have developed a device called PRIMA. It involves a small camera mounted on a pair of glasses that captures images, then projects them via infrared light to a 2 × 2 mm solar-powered, wireless chip implanted in the back of an eye.

The chip then converts this image information into an electric signal that retinal neurons can pass to the brain. Infrared light is used because we cannot see in this wavelength. The process doesn't interfere with any existing vision.

To test this, researchers recruited 32 people aged 60 or above who had geographic atrophy. Their vision in at least one eye was worse than 20/320, which means they could only see at 20 feet (6 meters) what a person with 20/20 vision could see at 320 feet.

The researchers first implanted this chip in one eye of these participants, then four to five weeks later, these volunteers began to use these glasses in their daily lives. The glasses allowed them to magnify what they were seeing 12 times and to adjust the brightness and contrast. After a year, 27 of these participants could read again as well as perceive shapes and patterns.

By giving participants this ability to perceive shapes and patterns, PRIMA represents the first prosthesis to restore functional sight in people with this condition.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common condition that affects the middle part of someone's vision, often worsening over time. Its exact cause is unknown, but occurs when light-sensitive photoreceptor cells and neurons in the center of the retina are damaged, making it hard to recognize faces or read. Approved treatments can only slow its progression.

People with advanced stage of geographic atrophy usually retain some photoreceptor cells that allow for peripheral vision and enough retinal neurons to pass visual information to the brain.

Taking advantage of this, Daniel Palanker at Stanford University in California and his colleagues have developed a device called PRIMA. It involves a small camera mounted on a pair of glasses that captures images, then projects them via infrared light to a 2 × 2 mm solar-powered, wireless chip implanted in the back of an eye.

The chip then converts this image information into an electric signal that retinal neurons can pass to the brain. Infrared light is used because we cannot see in this wavelength. The process doesn't interfere with any existing vision.

To test this, researchers recruited 32 people aged 60 or above who had geographic atrophy. Their vision in at least one eye was worse than 20/320, which means they could only see at 20 feet (6 meters) what a person with 20/20 vision could see at 320 feet.

The researchers first implanted this chip in one eye of these participants, then four to five weeks later, these volunteers began to use these glasses in their daily lives. The glasses allowed them to magnify what they were seeing 12 times and to adjust the brightness and contrast. After a year, 27 of these participants could read again as well as perceive shapes and patterns.

By giving participants this ability to perceive shapes and patterns, PRIMA represents the first prosthesis to restore functional sight in people with this condition.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common condition that affects the middle part of someone's vision, often worsening over time. Its exact cause is unknown, but occurs when light-sensitive photoreceptor cells and neurons in the center of the retina are damaged, making it hard to recognize faces or read. Approved treatments can only slow its progression.

People with advanced stage of geographic atrophy usually retain some photoreceptor cells that allow for peripheral vision and enough retinal neurons to pass visual information to the brain.

Taking advantage of this, Daniel Palanker at Stanford University in California and his colleagues have developed a device called PRIMA. It involves a small camera mounted on a pair of glasses that captures images, then projects them via infrared light to a 2 × 2 mm solar-powered, wireless chip implanted in the back of an eye.

The chip then converts this image information into an electric signal that retinal neurons can pass to the brain. Infrared light is used because we cannot see in this wavelength. The process doesn't interfere with any existing vision.

To test this, researchers recruited 32 people aged 60 or above who had geographic atrophy. Their vision in at least one eye was worse than 20/320, which means they could only see at 20 feet (6 meters) what a person with 20/20 vision could see at 320 feet.

The researchers first implanted this chip in one eye of these participants, then four to five weeks later, these volunteers began to use these glasses in their daily lives. The glasses allowed them to magnify what they were seeing 12 times and to adjust the brightness and contrast. After a year, 27 of these participants could read again as well as perceive shapes and patterns.

By giving participants this ability to perceive shapes and patterns, PRIMA represents the first prosthesis to restore functional sight in people with this condition.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common condition that affects the middle part of someone's vision, often worsening over time. Its exact cause is unknown, but occurs when light-sensitive photoreceptor cells and neurons in the center of the retina are damaged, making it hard to recognize faces or read. Approved treatments can only slow its progression.

People with advanced stage of geographic atrophy usually retain some photoreceptor cells that allow for peripheral vision and enough retinal neurons to pass visual information to the brain.

Taking advantage of this, Daniel Palanker at Stanford University in California and his colleagues have developed a device called PRIMA. It involves a small camera mounted on a pair of glasses that captures images, then projects them via infrared light to a 2 × 2 mm solar-powered, wireless chip implanted in the back of an eye.

The chip then converts this image information into an electric signal that retinal neurons can pass to the brain. Infrared light is used because we cannot see in this wavelength. The process doesn't interfere with any existing vision.

To test this, researchers recruited 32 people aged 60 or above who had geographic atrophy. Their vision in at least one eye was worse than 20/320, which means they could only see at 20 feet (6 meters) what a person with 20/20 vision could see at 320 feet.

The researchers first implanted this chip in one eye of these participants, then four to five weeks later, these volunteers began to use these glasses in their daily lives. The glasses allowed them to magnify what they were seeing 12 times and to adjust the brightness and contrast. After a year, 27 of these participants could read again as well as perceive shapes and patterns.

By giving participants this ability to perceive shapes and patterns, PRIMA represents the first prosthesis to restore functional sight in people with this condition.