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INNOVA/S4OPTIK is Ready for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Games. Are you?
Thursday, July 2 2015 | 00 h 00 min | News
INNOVA/S4OPTIK is excited to announce its support for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, which will be held in Toronto and the Greater Golden Horseshoe region this summer.
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Ogi Announces New 7155 Frame to its Heritage Collection
Thursday, July 2 2015 | 00 h 00 min | News
Ogi Eyewear presents an invigorating addition to the heritage collection, the 7155.
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Adlens Announces Electronic Adjustable-Focus Eyewear
Wednesday, July 1 2015 | 00 h 00 min | News
Adlens, a manufacturer of variable-focus eyewear, announced on June 24th that they plan to integrate electronic focusing into their product within the next two years.
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Clinical Trial Demonstrates Safety, Benefits of Bionic Eye
Monday, June 29 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
The results of the 3-year clinical trial of the Argus II retinal prosthesis system, a “bionic eye” developed by Second Sight Medical Products to return sight to patients blinded by retinitis pigmentosa, were published this week in the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Read MoreNew Discovery About Blink Rates
Friday, June 26 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
A study by English and Spanish researchers published in Nature Communications sheds new light on the mechanisms that control the blink rate.
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Intel Acquires Canadian Smart Eyewear Company Recon
Thursday, June 25 2015 | 00 h 00 min | News
Intel has completed its acquisition of the Vancouver-based company Recon Instruments, a manufacturer of smart, computerized eyewear for athletes.
Read MoreSurvey Finds Poor Vision, Hearing Loss in Adolescents
Wednesday, June 24 2015 | 00 h 00 min | News
A recent survey of French adolescents sponsored by the Optic 2000 group has found that visual and auditory health problems are increasingly common, even though only a quarter of the teens surveyed reported being concerned about their own health.
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CCLR Update Spotlights Sports Vision in Practice
Monday, June 22 2015 | 00 h 00 min | News
A European study of 157 Olympic-level athletes in a variety of sports is reviewed, giving clues as to how clinicians might help customize their approach to optimize on-field performance.
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Waterloo Student Wins $100,000 Grant to Develop Smart Contact Lenses
Friday, June 19 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
The Thiel Foundation announced last week that its class of 2015 Thiel Fellows includes University of Waterloo student Harry Gandhi, co-founder and CEO of Medella Health, a Canadian start-up which plans to develop glucose-monitoring “smart” contact lenses to aid in diabetes management.
Read MoreGoogle Patents Biometric Contact Lens
Thursday, June 18 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, Google has been awarded a patent on several designs and implementations of contact lenses capable of scanning the wearer’s iris and using it as a biometric “fingerprint”.
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