Friday, August 16, 2013

TRANSFORM EYE CARE BY A SMARTPHONE?

Can a phone transform eye care? 
Smartphone app called Peek (Portable Eye Examination Kit) aims to prove it can. It's currently being trialed on 5,000 people in Kenya.

It can use the camera's flash light to illuminate the back of the eye, the retina, to check for disease. A patient's records are stored on the phone, their exact location is recorded using GPS and the results can be emailed to doctors.

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