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More than half of the world’s population is now online. According to 2018 data, the number of unique mobile subscribers around the world has surpassed 5 billion. North America and Europe still have the highest rate of internet penetration, but Southern Asia and Central Africa are rapidly catching up and are currently seeing the fastest growth in internet adoption.

RightEye LLC received FDA clearance for its RightEye system for recording, viewing and analyzing eye movements to identify visual tracking impairment.

Smartphone photoscreening for amblyopia in pediatric patients using the GoCheck Kids application had positive predictive value comparable with other commercial objective screeners.

Gone are the days of flip phones and hand-held bricks. Ever since the first-generation iPhone came out in 2007, smartphones have taken over the cellular world. Having a smartphone on you is now equivalent to carrying a computer in your pocket, giving you the power to look up whatever you want in the palm of your hand. Recently, there has been a significant increase in a hands-free way to look up information: voice searching.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia ― At the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting, Karl G. Csaky, MD, PhD, discusses the utility of multimodality imaging, including fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, fundus autofluorescence and OCT-angiography, in the retina practice.

At-home telemonitoring can help with early detection of choroidal neovascularization in at-risk patients, resulting in less visual acuity loss, according to a study presented at the Focus on Eye Health National Summit hosted by Prevent Blindness.

When I was in high school, my mother — a gifted cook — vigorously resisted buying a microwave oven. “I don’t need that box taking up my counter space when I already have a stove,” she would say. The family, having heard about microwave ovens from friends for nearly a decade, finally bought her one against her wishes. Once she started using it, my mom fell in love with the microwave and used it for more and more recipes. One time she tried using it to bake a cake. The failed experiment generated great family stories and helped her realize the limitations of the new device without diminishing her admiration of its benefits.

The nonprofit organization Vivli launched a new data-sharing and analytics platform today that will advance clinical research by streamlining the process to discover, aggregate, analyze and share data from clinical trials.

Be My Eyes, a free app that helps people who are blind video call sighted volunteers for visual assistance, won the accessibility award at the AbilityNet Tech4Good awards, according to AbilityNet.