Take advantage of Section 179 deduction by purchasing a Marco 3D Wave OPD Scan Wavefront Aberrometer/Autorefractor/Topographer/Keratometer/Pupillometer.

Marco has a limited amount of 3D Wave show demo and show units available for purchase, some with a full one year warranty. If 5 Optcom members purchase a demo 3D Wave from Marco between now and December 31st, 2011, Marco will rebate $1000 to each Optcom member purchasing a unit. Email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  for further details.

Very cool... worth two minutes of your time. Walt

Source: medgadget.com 

XVIVO, a leader in scientific animation with a focus on the life sciences, has unveiled a new video called One Body.  Though produced for Turk Telekom, it’s an inspiring two minute flash look at the complexity and beauty of the architecture of the human body. 



http://bit.ly/ri3BD3

Source: osnsupersite.com 

The first electro-active diffractive liquid crystal IOL promises to provide accommodation without anatomic or mechanical movement, a speaker said here. 

http://bit.ly/v7mDgw

Filters out tremors, and allows surgeon to sit in a more ergonomic position. Walt 

Source: MedicalNewsToday.com 

Researcher Thijs Meenink at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has developed a smart eye-surgery robot that allows eye surgeons to operate with increased ease and greater precision on the retina and the vitreous humor of the eye. The system also extends the effective period during which ophthalmologists can carry out these intricate procedures. Meenink will defend his PhD thesis on Monday 31 October for his work on the robot, and intends later to commercialize his system. 

http://bit.ly/w3Ib5E

Source: sciencedaily.com 

"Previously, a rather crude measure -- central corneal thickness -- was used as an index of corneal biomechanics," said author Paul J. Foster, MD, PhD, FRCS(Ed), of the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, "We used a device which generates measures of corneal biomechanics in conjunction with IOP and attempts to 'correct' IOP for corneal physical properties." 

http://bit.ly/sMEvJD

Who says Microsoft isn't cool. This video is VERY cool, shot with the Xbox Kinect camera. Walt 

Source: Vimeo 

Source: mobilehealthnews.com 

Some 26 percent of US adults used their mobile phones to access health information in the past year, according to a new Cybercitizen Health study by Manhattan Research. The number has nearly doubled from the 12 percent reported in 2010. 

http://bit.ly/oIiG4n

Hey Doc! You need to read this article. This is truly cutting-edge stuff. No pun intended. Walt

Source: OSN 

The core principles of the LaserACE procedure for accommodation were conceived in 2003 when Ann Marie Hipsley, DPT, PhD, postulated her VisioDynamic Theory, which suggests that excisions in critical zones of the sclera can restore some of the natural biomechanics of the accommodative system.

A protocol is in preparation for submission to Health Canada to initiate clinical trial in Canada in December. This trial is being conducted as a first step to gathering the necessary data to initiate discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding the requirements for approval and potential commercialization in the U.S. 

http://bit.ly/rrnVno

Microsoft and Ford develop real-time blood glucose levels and other body findings while driving. How about acuity monitoring? That would be great. Then have SYNC give directions to your office! Hmmm.... Walt

Source: imedicalapps.com 

K. Venkatesh Prasad, the Senior Technical Leader in vehicle design and infotronics at Ford Research & Innovation, is overseeing the development of voice-activated apps and wireless services that would enable motorists to monitor their own health as well as various chronic illnesses while on the road. 

http://bit.ly/pccodk

This should be really nice when re-released.

Source: MedGadget.com 

Google Body... will live on as Zygote Body, which will be a free application available online and as an Android app.

http://bit.ly/pVZq4B

Source: MELODIKA.net
http://bit.ly/q0iF1k

Thanks to Derrick Thornton, OD for this link: http://usat.ly/n20VVA

From opticianonline.net:
Hoya Vision Care's manufacturing facilities in Ayutthaya, Thailand, have been forced to close following widespread flooding in the region. No Hoya employees were injured, but the severity of the flooding at the plant means it will be closed at least one month. http://bit.ly/qb3g4b 

Panoramic ball camera gives a full 360-view of you nervously throwing it in the air (video) -- Engadget http://engt.co/p4LUqG

Just make sure to keep your lens cloth around... Walt

From MedGadget.com:

The app analyzes video clips recorded while the patient’s fingertip is pressed against the lens of the camera. Just like a standard clinical pulse oximeter, it then captures small changes in light reflected by the pulsing blood in the capillaries, and translates these changes to the actual vital signs by using some of the same algorithms employed in professional devices.

http://bit.ly/nLnFtY 

Beer Can Freezes Time in Northern Heavens http://gizmo.do/nq5aZP

Only works underwater, so far:

Gizmodo: This App Could Make Tablets Accessible to the Blind http://gizmo.do/qa4i3U

Gizmodo: These New Night Vision Helmets for F-35 Pilots Are Insane Looking http://gizmo.do/oCeNCp 

Thanks to Thomas Baugh, OD on the Optcomlist for posting this video link:

 

Surpise? Patient spend little time investigating their contact lenses and options for correction. From OpticianOnline.net in the UK:

People spend much more time researching the technology behind their purchases of the latest high definition gadgets than they do studying the technology in their contact lenses. A survey of 2,000 adults conducted by Bausch+Lomb showed that 80 per cent of contact lens wearers own the latest HD TVs and high resolution digital cameras. The study also revealed that 56 per cent spent two days researching and deliberating over which products to buy and over a third spent a week looking into their prospective high tech purchases.
http://bit.ly/oWpHAP