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  Low Cost Digital Imaging using an iPhone

  Posted on February 24, 2015 by Scott in News.

  This is an older news item about a low cost approach to get retinal images using nothing more than an iPhone or Android device.   Students and researchers at Stanford University have created a small, detachable lens system using off the shelf parts to create a basic, functional retinal camera called the EyeGo. They hope to […]

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• Monet’s Paintings Affected by his Cataracts

  Posted on February 15, 2015 by Scott in News.

  Don’t let this happen to your art career! This is a fascinating article about how when Monet was in his 70’s, his cataracts began to interfere with how he could see the images he wanted to paint.   Since his vision was becoming cloudier and cloudier with a definite color shift due to the advancement of […]

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• Implantable contact lenses to correct for reading

  Posted on February 7, 2015 by Scott in News.

  No one bothered to tell me that when I hit 40, my close up reading vision would go kaput.   There’s a nifty little byproduct of the aging process where the lens begins to loose some of its flexibility- just like many other joints in your body.  This leads to someone having a harder time focusing […]

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• Google working on Glucose Sensing Contact Lens

  Posted on February 7, 2015 by Scott in News.

  What a fascinating time we live in.   Last summer, Google announced in conjunction with Novartis (owner of Alcon) that they are working together to produce a glucose sensing contact lens for use in management of diabetes.   The lens has a small chip and wireless capabilities to send up -to-date information to your smart phone […]

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• Project HoloLens, Google Glass and Oculus Rift

  Posted on January 29, 2015 by Scott in News.

  Project Hololens from Microsoft as featured in Wired Is this really the future of computing and entertainment? This article is a good introduction to the virtual reality that is in active development.   As a company that deals in vision issues, trying to help people see better every day, I can’t help but wonder how […]

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• Simple explanation of where your eyes get their color

  Posted on December 31, 2014 by Scott in News.

  This is a fascinating yet really simple explanation of why your eyes have the color they do- and it’s not just your genetics. In short, it’s all about the reflection or absorbance of light through the two layers of cells in the iris – the stroma and the epithelium.   Depending on how those layers are […]

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• When is PRK a better choice than LASIK?

  Posted on October 20, 2014 by Scott in News.

  While this article gets a little detailed for the average consumer, it’s a great discussion of whether PRK or LASIK is more appropriate on a patient by patient basis. http://www.practiceupdate.com/ExpertOpinion/617/3/0/?elsca1=emc_enews_midyear-top10-2014&elsca2=email&elsca3=practiceupdate_eye&elsca4=eye-care&elsca5=newsletter&rid=OTIzNjE0MzYzMjQS1&lid=10332481

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• Stem cell Treatment for Macular Degeneration

  Posted on October 20, 2014 by Scott in News.

  18 Patients were treated with Human Embryonic Stem Cell injections directly to their eyes.   9 patients suffered from Stargardt’s macular dystrophy and 9 from dry atrophic age-related macular degeneration.  Of the 18 subjects,  10 patients had some sight restored after the stem cell injection to their eyes.  No word in the article of which protocol saw […]

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• The Bionic Eye

  Posted on October 3, 2014 by Scott in News.

  This is a great article about some of the advances in technology to restore vision to the blind. What exciting times we live in! http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41052/title/The-Bionic-Eye/

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• Increased time outside can reduce myopia progression in children

  Posted on August 21, 2014 by Scott in News.

  There’s a lot of wisdom in telling your children to “go outside and play” according to a recent study of Danish children with myopia. Common sense would indicate that just being outside where they have to focus on close and far tasks & subjects would help prevent myopia, but this study focused on the children’s […]

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