vision

Too much time indoors and using technology could explain the myopia boom

Posted in Medicine on 18th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

Short-sightedness is reaching epidemic proportions. Some scientists think they have found a reason why.

Shape of eye's 'light pipes' is key to colour sorting

Posted in Medicine on 7th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

Physicists have pinned down precisely how pipe-shaped cells in our retina filter the incoming colors.

Stem Cells from Wisdom Teeth Can Be Transformed into Corneal Cells

Posted in Medicine on 5th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

The cornea is the transparent window on the front of the eye that allows the light to enter.

Telescopic contact lenses could magnify human eyesight

Posted in Hardware on 15th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

A workaround for certain kinds of vision loss, or a futuristic upgrade to human sight.

The age of superhuman visual comprehension:

Posted in Featured, Reviews on 4th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

What could we do with superhuman computer visual understanding driven by advances in deep learning?