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Optometry experts prove the effectiveness of orthokeratology in myopic control

After a lengthy study spanning over four years, Professor Pauline Cho from the School of Optometry at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and her research team concluded that orthokeratology not only can correct ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

R&D collaboration focuses on new system for measuring and improving human vision

With research and development assistance from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and seed funding from the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA), an Atlanta-based company is developing what it hopes will ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Single bioptic telescope for low vision driving may not obscure road view of second eye

A study by scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute shows that a bioptic telescope on one lens of a pair of glasses used to magnify traffic signs and lights may not prevent the wider view of the road with the second ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Seeing a future without 3-D glasses

This month, technology lovers from around the world descended on Las Vegas for the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, an annual gathering of geekdom that features the latest in personal gadgetry.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

3-D spectacles get a fashion makeover

3-D movies may be cool, but the glasses you get to watch them with are most certainly not.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Light fantastic: Retinal implant brightens future for blind

German doctors on Wednesday announced a breakthrough in retinal implants, the fledgling technology that aims to restore sight in people cursed by a form of inherited blindness.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 7

Flashing glasses may help PTSD sufferers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychologists in the UK propose using spectacles with flashing lights at each side to identify people likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and possibly to treat them.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Electronic spectacles coming to market soon

(PhysOrg.com) -- US company PixelOptics has invented electronic spectacles that can automatically change focus as you lower your head to read a book, and could spell the end of the bifocal.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

A safer alternative to laser eye surgery?

A new type of procedure for correcting short-sightedness could be safer than laser eye surgery, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The study also shows that patients prefer the new procedure, despite there being ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple patent application for 3D viewing glasses

(PhysOrg.com) -- Apple has filed a patent application for electronic video spectacles that will allow wearers to watch films in 3D on the inside of the glasses. Fans have already nicknamed the gadget iSpecs.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (27) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report


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