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New Iris Scanning Tech Could Identify You from 40 Feet Away

Posted in Hardware on 20th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Carnegie Melons Biometrics Center has developed technology that can identify a human from 40 feet away just by scanning the persons irises.

Drug company has been accused of 'blocking' a cheap eye treatment

Posted in Business on 2nd Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

A drugs firm has been accused of trying to block access to what some doctors believe is a cheap and effective drug to treat an eye condition: Age-related macular degeneration.

A new wearable collision warning device for the visually-impaired

Posted in Software on 30th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

A new pocket-sized device beeps to warn wearers of impending collisions as they approach obstacles.

Night vision eyedrops allow vision of up to 50m in darkness

Posted in Medicine on 28th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

A group of scientists in California have successfully created eye drops that temporarily enable night vision.

Biotech company working on a cure for Colorblindness

Posted in Science on 28th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

Injectable genes may make life in full color possible.