AI-enabled smart cane scoops award for transforming lives of people with sight loss
31 March 2025
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sight loss, RNIB, Award Winning, Product Design, WeWALK Smart Cane, artificial intelligence, technology
An AI-enabled smart cane designed to transform the lives of people with sight loss has won a prestigious international design award. The WeWALK Smart Cane was recognised by the iF International Forum Design at this year’s product design awards. The...
insitro and UK’s INSIGHT at Moorfields Eye Hospital announce collaboration to expand research efforts in neurodegeneration and related conditions
The world’s largest bioresource of eye images offers window into human health and serves as basis of a new AI foundation model to boost drug discovery. insitro, a machine learning-enabled drug discovery and development company, and the INSIGHT Health Data...
New AI in ophthalmology resource goes live
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has launched a new free resource, sharing and signposting artificial intelligence as medical device (AIaMD) tools for use in ophthalmology. The online AI directory is an evolving catalogue of AIaMD tools used in research or...
Transforming eyecare with AI at 100% Optical
4 March 2024
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Pearse Keane, AI, Moorfields, UCL, technology, advancement, artificial intelligence, development
“We are drowning in people we need to see in hospital eye services, and some people are going blind as a result. We are looking at nearly 10m hospital appointments for ophthalmology a year, with an approximately 33% increase over...
LambdaVision aims to refine process for in-space manufacturing of artificial retinas through ISS National Lab-sponsored investigation
1 February 2024
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ISS, retinal, artificial, LambdaVision, industry, innovation, retinitis pigmentosa, RP
Approximately 1.5 million people worldwide are affected by retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disorder that causes vision loss. Currently there is no cure, but researchers from LambdaVision are turning to the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory to look for...
Oculomics and Big Data changes the game for Medical Ophthalmologists
25 September 2023
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oculomics, Nima Ghadiri, big data, ai, artificial intelligence, RETFound, Alastair Denniston
Oculomics and Big Data changes the game for Medical Ophthalmologists, and here's why.
World-first artificial intelligence foundation model for eye care to supercharge global efforts to prevent blindness
22 September 2023
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oculomics, AI, moorfields, big data, RETFound, ChatGPT, UCL, artificial intelligence
Researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (IoO) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that has the potential to not only identify sight-threatening eye diseases but also predict general health, including heart attacks, stroke and Parkinson’s disease.
OrCam Technologies launches new class of AI reading device
OrCam Technologies, innovator of life-changing, personal 'AI as a companion' solutions, has announced the UK launch of the OrCam Read 3, an all-in-one solution for people with vision loss or reading fatigue, or who find reading challenging.
