Technology
News and features covering the latest advancements in technology that are impacting optometry
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US researchers have developed a robot that uses a gripper, force-sensing wrist cuff and external camera to play the wooden block game
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A new Optimec Visual Fixation System makes sight tests easier for patients with learning disabilities and dementia
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New Zealand bioengineer, Dr Ehsan Vaghefi, talks with OT about his innovative MyIScope device
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“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”
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“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”
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Dr Parwez Hossain talks with OT about innovative technology that aims to speed up the diagnosis of sight-threatening eye infections
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Royal National Institute of Blind People services director, David Clarke, talks with OT about the Orbit Reader 20
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Consultant optometrist and clinical lead at OxSight, Daniel Crown, shares insight into the development of a pair of electronic glasses capable of enhancing vision
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Scientists aim to recruit 400 participants from five UK hospitals to complete reading and app-based tests of vision in their own homes
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From safari trips to swimming with dolphins, technology is allowing people to experience memorable moments that are physically beyond reach