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Optimizing Eyesight: R&D Collaboration Focuses on New System for Measuring and Improving Human Vision

By Guest PostJuly 14, 2011Scienceatlanta based company, chief technology officer, computer controlled lens fabrication technology, david roberts, digitalvision, disruptive technology, eye chart, fda, food and drug administration, georgia research alliance, georgia tech research institute, gra, gtri, humphrey system, humphrey vision analyzer, jose garcia, keith thompson, leanne west, lee herron, ophthalmologists, optical system, optometrists, phoropter, vision, visionoptimizer

With research and development assistance from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and seed funding from the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA), an Atlanta-based company is developing what it hopes will be the next-generation instrument for optimizing eyesight for the hundreds of millions of people who wear glasses or contacts – or who are candidates for corrective surgery.

To be used by optometrists and ophthalmologists, the instrument – known as the VisionOptimizer – is intended to provide more accurate vision measurements, along with a more patient-friendly and engaging vision test. The company believes its system will facilitate the custom-manufacturing of spectacles and contact lenses that provide better eyesight and improved wearing comfort compared to conventional prescriptions. (more…)

iPhone App May Support Monitoring and Research on Parkinson’s Disease

By Guest PostJune 21, 2011Health, Technologyadvanced technology development center, app store, apple inc, atdc, brian parise, dyskinesia, emory university, food and drug administration, georgia tech, georgia tech research institute, gtri, iphone application, itrem, neurological conditions, parkinson disease, puzzle games, robert delano, startup, stewart factor, university of south florida, wife heather

Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a novel iPhone application that may enable persons with Parkinson’s disease and certain other neurological conditions to use the ubiquitous devices to collect data on hand and arm tremors and relay the results to medical personnel.

The researchers believe the application could replace subjective tests now used to assess the severity of tremors, while potentially allowing more frequent patient monitoring without costly visits to medical facilities. (more…)

10 Reasons Why It Has Become So Soul-Crushingly Difficult To Find A Job In America Today

By Guest PostFebruary 13, 2011Economyadvances in technology, Barack Obama, China, economic benefit, economic downturn, Economy, find a job, food and drug administration, gallup, globalism, middle class, mortgage, rene sommer, robot, soul crushing, taxation, today, trade deficit, u s, unemployed, unemployed worker, united states, war zones

Have you been unemployed lately? If so, then you probably know how frustrating it is to try to find a job in the United States today. It now takes the average unemployed worker about 33 weeks to find a job. There are millions of Americans that have not been able to find a full-time job even after searching hard for an entire year. Some areas of the United States have been devastated so badly by the economic downturn that they are starting to resemble war zones.

Unless you have been there, it is hard to even try to describe the extreme frustration that one feels when you are unable to pay the mortgage and feed your family. It can be absolutely soul-crushing. But it is not the fault of those who are unemployed. The truth is that our economy is dying and it is not producing nearly enough jobs anymore. Unfortunately, as you will see from the facts listed below, most of the things that are causing our economy to die have no realistic chance of being changed any time soon.

The following are 10 reasons why it has become so insanely difficult to find a job in America today…. (more…)

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Optimizing Eyesight: R&D Collaboration Focuses on New System for Measuring and Improving Human Vision

iPhone App May Support Monitoring and Research on Parkinson’s Disease

10 Reasons Why It Has Become So Soul-Crushingly Difficult To Find A Job In America Today