September 26, 2007
Harness new technology to deal with eyesight issues.
Technology executive and investor Conrad Lewis knows a thing or two about vision problems, so he's putting his money where his eyes are, writes Bert Hill for the OttawaCitizen.com.
"His idea is to use this technology to allow individuals losing eye sight to maximize the abilities they still have. Since the onset of blindness can take many forms, and even the legally blind have some remaining eyesight, the technology would be adapted to each case.
"With the cellphone and iPod gaining more power everyday, Lewis believes such devices will be the means to deliver video and special image enhancements to people with fading eyesight.
Headset technology that lets youths on Tokyo subways watch videos on their iPods and MP3 players could soon be helping the visually impaired.
"The technology isn't quite good enough yet, but the day is rapidly approaching. We want to ride the mass market."
eSight has developed a prototype that integrates the early technology and is showing it to investors. Mr. Lewis said a European research foundation has tentatively promised an $11-million investment."
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