What we know about light, sight and reading.
Notes from forty years of making lights, and from the research we follow.
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New lighting mimics caffeine effect
Lighting engineers at Philips have created a form of office lighting which, they claim, will boost energy levels in the same way as drinking a cup of coffee.
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Cambridge Literary Festival 13 -15 April 2018
Busy next week? How about hopping over to Cambridge and sampling a few literary delights?
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How the praying mantis could now shape robotic vision
For years, AI scientists have struggled with giving robots sight, encountering numerous difficulties in building a light-weight system which mimics the complex way in which humans judge distance
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NHS collaborate with Google DeepMind to fight blindness
Could Artificial Intelligence be the answer to the early diagnosis of eye diseases such as macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy?
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Alderney Literary Festival
If historical literature is your thing, why not hop over to Alderney this coming weekend for the highlight of the historical literature calendar?
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New App adjusts TV for Colour-Blindness
Samsung have launched an App which they claim will colour correct a connected TV according to your unique ability to see the colour visual spectrum.
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Eyesight the focus of a new evolutionary theory
In a fascinating new twist in the evolutionary tale, American Scientists now say that the development of eyes led vertebrates out of the sea, rather than the development...
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Researchers trial contact lenses designed to slow vision loss
A team from Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have developed contact lenses designed specifically to slow the development of myopia.
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It's World Book Day - and we're offering you the chance to win a Levo G2 Deluxe Book Stand worth £189.
In what has fast become a national institution, today is the day when multiple Horrid Henry's are to be spotted on urban streets, and the occasional James may...
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Today is National Tell a Fairy Tale Day
On February 26th every year, the art of fairy tale telling is celebrated throughout the UK. Many libraries and schools have fairy tale readings, and there are many...
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US Scientists discover new trigger for Macular Degeneration
In a major advance in the understanding of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) have identified one of the very first events that...
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Two new eye drops for Glaucoma approved in US
Recent approvals by the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) have led to the availability in America of two new eye drop therapies for Glaucoma. Rhopressa and Vyzulta both...
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How the weather could now reduce your lighting bills
The drive for eco-friendliness and economy is taking a strong foothold in all aspects of home technology, not least lighting. The latest low-carbon innovation by Finnish firm Helvar...
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Live near Cambridge? Let light fill your life…
Without light there can be no sight, and without sight we could not appreciate the myriad beauties that light gives us. For the next 5 days, Cambridge becomes...
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Cataract surgery could prolong your Life
A 20-year study of over 74,000 American women with cataracts has shown a 60 percent lower risk of death among the women who had their cataracts removed.
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What price restored eyesight? US firm says $850,000…
One of the most expensive drugs ever sold has just been approved for sale in the US by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA).
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How exercise may protect you from glaucoma
New research suggests that exercise, such as walking or jogging, can help lower the risk of Glaucoma.
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Poor eyesight to blame for nearly 3,000 road casualties every year claims road charity
Road Safety charity Brake is calling on the government to change the law on driver vision. In 2011 alone, nearly 6,000 drivers had their licences revoked by the...
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Eyesight? Some say it’s a fishy business
Newly published research claims that eating oily fish may protect older people against deterioration of cells in the eye, and act as a barrier to loss of sight.
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See London Light Up
Without light there can be no sight. And one of the greatest pleasures of sight is seeing the beauty that light can create. What better antidote for the...
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Trees to light the pavements?
Streetlights replaced by glowing plants. No, this is not the stuff of American ‘50s Sci Fi. Thanks to our research friends at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),...
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Potential new therapy for Glaucoma Sufferers
Researchers at Stanford University are experimenting with a new treatment for Glaucoma which could completely change our thinking about therapy for the condition.
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Could drinking tea lower your risk of Glaucoma?
A study from the University of California recently published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology has shown a possible link between tea consumption and risk of glaucoma.
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Study confirms poverty and vision problems go hand-in-hand
A recent study of 190 countries and territories dating back to 2010 shows that low levels of socio-economic development correlate directly to high levels of visual impairment.
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Oldest eye discovery sheds light on early sight
A European team including scientists from the University of Edinburgh have found what they believe to be the first example of an eye in an “exceptional” 530-million-year-old trilobite...
