Search results for retinal scanners

Economics & Business Jan 26, 2021

In refugee camps, access to internet supports research during the coronavirus pandemic

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the world is in an unexpected moment of global uncertainty and change. Countries, cities and communities worldwide are moving through rotating economic lockdowns and stay-at-home orders. At ...

Computer Sciences Aug 14, 2018

Artificial intelligence equal to experts in detecting eye diseases

An artificial intelligence (AI) system, which can recommend the correct referral decision for more than 50 eye diseases, as accurately as experts has been developed by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, DeepMind ...

Plants & Animals Jun 21, 2018

Zebrafish's near 360 degree UV-vision knocks stripes off Google Street View

Tiny freshwater fish have a view of the world that blows Google Street View out of the water—using different parts of their eyes to deliver optimum uses of colour, black-and-white and ultraviolet.

Aug 29, 2017

Researchers seek to catch Alzheimer's early by peeking into the eyes

Mark Wolff wanted to know. To him, the thought of suffering through Alzheimer's disease the way his father did—without knowing, and without his family knowing, what he was up against until late in its progression— is ...

Security Sep 3, 2015

Security vs. usability—that's the choice we make with passwords

We all need some kind of authentication process if we are to access information systems at work or at home. We know why we need to do it: to make sure we have access to our data and unauthorised people don't.

Security Sep 12, 2014

The keys may be on your fingertips, but that doesn't mean biometric locks can't be picked

How can we ensure that someone is who they say they are? How can be sure that the person in our system, both digitally speaking or physically in front of us, is who whom they claim to be?

Engineering Apr 30, 2014

Retinal scanner that fits in a purse

A person can be identified unambiguously based on his or her retina. Researchers are working to make it possible for anyone to use this technology. With the prototype of a compact, portable retinal scanner, they are one step ...

Plants & Animals Jan 21, 2014

Researchers discover how squid perceive distance

(Phys.org) —Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered how a species of squid perceives distance, providing an evolutionary solution to a problem divers regularly encounter in featureless waters.

Optics & Photonics Dec 20, 2013

Early detection of blinding eye disease could be as easy as scanning a barcode

A new optical device puts the power to detect eye disease in the palm of a hand. The tool—about the size of a hand-held video camera—scans a patient's entire retina in seconds and could aid primary care physicians in ...

General Physics Apr 23, 2012

Computing the best high-resolution 3-D tissue images

Real-time, 3-D microscopic tissue imaging could be a revolution for medical fields such as cancer diagnosis, minimally invasive surgery and ophthalmology. University of Illinois researchers have developed a technique to computationally ...

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