Kalamazoo brewer regains vision, returns to creative roots with eSight device

The eyesight of the CEO and head brewer of Norse Nectar Meadery got to the point that “for a year and a half there was nothing.” Hunter Dodge, who was diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy, lost eyesight in both eyes over the course of a few months in 2019. He described his vision as trying to look through a double pane of translucent shower glass. After two reconstructive cataract surgeries, Dodge’s vision improved to 60/20, still not good enough to drive or do anything else that drove him. Not long ago, however, the mead maker/brewer was blessed with not only being able to see again through the use of a novel wearable device, eSight 4, that is reminiscent of Star Trek’s Geordi La Forge’s visor, but vision so good with the use of the device that he refers to himself as having “bionic eyesight.” Read more >>