Tag: EYESIGHT

Ever since the age of four, Ben Michaels has suffered from amblyopia, or severe lazy eye syndrome, in his right eye. The condition gradually weakened the eye's vision, and when Ben was at the tender age of six, was at risk of permanent blindness. Desperate, Ben's mother Maxine sought the advice of Ken Nischal, a consultant at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. Nischal's professional ...

Mom and Dad might consider it a stretch, but researchers claim that you can actually sharpen your mind and vision by playing video games. According to an AP report, researchers at educational symposium Games for Learning have claimed that people who play first-person shooters have better vision, attention and cognition. Daphne Bavelier, a University of Rochester professor who led the research, ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Researchers_develop_braille_for_vibrating_touchscreen_device'; In braille, a character is made up of six dots laid out on a two by three matrix -- not something that can really be conveyed using capacitive touchscreen technology. Working with a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, researchers in Finland have developed a method for piezoelectric touchscreen devices that ...

It turns out that, contrary to what we heard from our mothers, video gaming can actually improve vision. A recent study at the University of Rochester found that test subjects who played video games had a markedly superior ability to perceive fine contrast differences, a large factor in how well we see. Study leader Daphne Bavelier told LiveScience that, usually, the only way to improve contrast ...

If Vision Express was looking for some attention, it just got it. A recent study by the optician chain found that 60-percent of Britons had avoided an eye test over the past year, with that number rising to 79-percent in Scotland. Phillip Hyde, dispensing optician and head of professional services at the firm, was quoted as saying that "even a marginally short-sighted person sitting on a sofa ...

Far from the first circuit-laden contact lens we've laid eyes on (ahem), researchers at UC Davis have more than bragging rights in mind with their "smart" contacts. The devices are infused with a "pattern of conductive silver wires, which could be used to measure pressure inside the eye." The material, dubbed polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), would boast antimicrobial properties and could enable ...