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by Bruce Brown | July 1, 2016 | General News, Health
By definition, blind people have not been able to enjoy visual arts. If you can’t see it, how can you appreciate it? When blind people visit art museums or galleries, they most often have to rely on recorded audio guides or other people to describe the works....
by Alfred Poor | June 22, 2016 | General News, Medical
Today I learned that the “fundus” is the rounded back of the eyeball, opposite the pupil. And I learned that the thing that a doctor uses to peer into your eyeball is called a “funduscope.” It turns out that this is an important diagnostic...
by Bruce Brown | May 24, 2016 | General News, Medical
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of vision problems among people over 50. AMD is a progressive eye condition that affects as many as 15 million Americans. Someone with AMD isn’t completely blind; they are “centrally...
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by Bruce Brown | April 26, 2016 | General News, Health
We might as well face it. Most of us spend a great amount of time daily looking at device screens. Computers, tablets, and smartphones are marvelous for all the access to information, communication, entertainment, and creative opportunities they present. What’s...
by Alfred Poor | March 9, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The future of wearable Health Tech devices depends on their ability to get under our skin. Implants are the shortest distance to reliable, always-on biometric sensing and other interactive tasks. One important barrier to this future is the size of the device. Larger...
