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Android Coming To Eye Doctors Via MIT Technology
02. Jul, 2010 written by Nick Gray | AndroidAndMe.com
While the Android OS is being used by developers to deliver information and entertainment, the guys over at MIT are using the open platform to help bring the world into focus.
Some of you might recall MIT’s Bokodes technology which they hope will replace all of today’s various barcodes. Well, it turns out that the 3D/holographic nature of Bokodes technology can also be used to measure variations in eye sight. With the help of a $2 optical box and an application that runs on Android, MIT’s NETRA system is able to measure one’s prescription very similarly to a Shack-Hartman sensor (minus all the lasers and the huge price tag).
Read the entire article here: MIT?s NETRA system brings Android to the optometrist – Android and Me
[video=youtube;gR6wMlnmc68]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR6wMlnmc68&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - NETRA: Cellphone-based Optometry Solution using Inverse Shack Hartmann Technique, from MIT Media Lab[/video]
While the Android OS is being used by developers to deliver information and entertainment, the guys over at MIT are using the open platform to help bring the world into focus.
Some of you might recall MIT’s Bokodes technology which they hope will replace all of today’s various barcodes. Well, it turns out that the 3D/holographic nature of Bokodes technology can also be used to measure variations in eye sight. With the help of a $2 optical box and an application that runs on Android, MIT’s NETRA system is able to measure one’s prescription very similarly to a Shack-Hartman sensor (minus all the lasers and the huge price tag).
Read the entire article here: MIT?s NETRA system brings Android to the optometrist – Android and Me
[video=youtube;gR6wMlnmc68]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR6wMlnmc68&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - NETRA: Cellphone-based Optometry Solution using Inverse Shack Hartmann Technique, from MIT Media Lab[/video]