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Second Sight Wins 2011 World Technology Award. Argus II is Second Sight’s less invasive second generation implantable device intended to treat blind people suffering from degenerative diseases of the outer retina such as…
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Researchers at MIT have developed a method of using a basic cell phone coupled with a cheap and simple plastic device clipped onto the screen to estimate refractive errors and focal range of eyes. Because of its simplicity and the fact that soon just about everyone will have access to a mobile phone, eye exams may become available to the whole wor (Read more...)

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