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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-02

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-19

Monday, October 19th, 2009
  • Use good lighting to reduce eye strain, A light positioned behind and over ones shoulder works well for reading. Natural lighting preferred. #
  • Positioning your reading material optimally. Tilt your book so that it is raised up about 20 degrees from the desk for reduced eyestrain. #
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  • You can help your body rebuild healthy bone to combat osteoporosis. http://bit.ly/a6fVf #
  • Time for a little after-lunch eye workout! http://bit.ly/cX3ql #
  • You do not have to lose your vision to macular degeneration. Certain nutrients can help. http://bit.ly/1EzTwu #
  • Learn more about our Eye Exercise and Qigong DVD here: http://bit.ly/rk8Te #
  • Glued to the Balloon Boy coverage? Don’t strain your eyes! Visit http://www.naturaleyecare.com #
  • Reducing computer eyestrain - Combine looking up from your work w/ a short stretch & eye exercises such as palming - http://www.naturaleyecare.com #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-12

Monday, October 12th, 2009

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-05

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-28

Monday, September 28th, 2009

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-21

Monday, September 21st, 2009

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Computerized Glasses Help Vision-Impaired

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

An Ottawa company is developing computerized glasses to help those with severe visual impairments maximize the vision they have left. 

The glasses, which look like an oversize pair of sunglasses, have a high-resolution camera on the outside and tiny LCD screens on the inside that project images to the wearer’s eyes.  The glasses will also zoom in on and replay what has been seen with the press of a button.

The company, eSight Corp., received a $500,000 grant from the Ontario government to develop its evSpex product, and hopes to start commercial production next year.

Before the image is projected, it’s custom-processed by a tiny computer.  “So that when it’s presented to a person who has diseased eyes … it’s presented to the pieces of their vision that are most functional,” said eSight Corp. company president Rob Hilkes.

Because the device continually records a loop of video, the user can save the last 10 seconds of what they saw at the press of a button so they can look again at something that went by too quickly.  The video can be viewed later on a DVD player or computer.   Users can also zoom in on certain things in their field of view

The product is expected to be able to help people with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and retinitis pigmentosa.  In the future, the company hopes to market the technology to people with normal vision as wearable binoculars, night vision goggles or video gaming devices.

SOURCE:  High-tech glasses help the nearly blind see, CBC News, Sept. 11, 2009, http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/11/ottawa-esight-glasses-technology-company-blind.html

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-17

Monday, August 17th, 2009
  • Low levels of lycopene increases chances of macular degeneration. For more info http://bit.ly/SHP3J #

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