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iDoctor (Wildest Story of the Day): Coming Soon–An iPhone App Plus a $2 Add-on Device and You Can Determine Your Eyeglass Prescription

Jul 6, 2010  •  Post A Comment

Here’s a wild new app is being developed and tested out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab Camera Culture group, reports AOL’s Small Business.

According to the article, "Here’s how it works: The user downloads the app, places a $2 lens over the screen, sticks an eye up to it and follows a series of exercises presented on the smartphone. Align the patterns and the app will be able to tell just how bad or good your eyesight is. The process takes just a few short minutes."

The technical phrase for this is "Near-Eye Tool for Refractive Assessment," NETRA the article says, but the app, once it comes to market, will be available the name PerfectSight.

Besides the iPhone, the app will also work on "certain Android phones," the article says, without being more specific. A separate article at SparWasserHQ.org says the system is being tested using the Samsung Behold II and Google Nexus One.

Here’s a video explaining they app and what it does:

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