Technology

A new Optimec Visual Fixation System makes sight tests easier for patients with learning disabilities and dementia

New Zealand bioengineer, Dr Ehsan Vaghefi, talks with OT  about his innovative MyIScope device

“For the last 20 years, I have had to wait for my husband to wake up to read me the newspaper. Now, as soon as he wakes up, I tell him about it”

“I always like it when the immersion is so high that people forget that this is a simulation and do the exam as if it was real”

Dr Parwez Hossain talks with OT  about innovative technology that aims to speed up the diagnosis of sight-threatening eye infections

Royal National Institute of Blind People services director, David Clarke, talks with OT  about the Orbit Reader 20

Consultant optometrist and clinical lead at OxSight, Daniel Crown, shares insight into the development of a pair of electronic glasses capable of enhancing vision

Scientists aim to recruit 400 participants from five UK hospitals to complete reading and app-based tests of vision in their own homes

From safari trips to swimming with dolphins, technology is allowing people to experience memorable moments that are physically beyond reach

Scientists have trialled using gold nanoparticles to make a tiny incision in retinal cells enabling the delivery of genes or medication