Disruptive Cellphone Optometry

For Immediate Release

WEDNESDAY, JUN. 23, 2010

Contact: Jen Hirsch, MIT News Office
E: jfhirsch@mit.edu, T: 617-253-1682


Simple, cheap, portable device could provide quick eye tests for the developing world

Cellphone-based eye-test system could help millions (((so, quick, get a restraining order)))

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — There are two standard systems for determining a prescription for eyeglasses.

One is to have the patient...