Adaptive Optics for Better Vision Correction

Patricia Daukantas

Optical scientists at the University of Murcia (Spain) bring the measurement of eyesight correction into the 21st century with adaptive optics.

 

Scatterings imageMurcia researchers Pedro Prieto, Joshua Fernandez and Pablo Artal.

You wouldn’t use a buggy whip to improve your morning commute to the office, yet your eye doctor probably used 19th-century technology the last time you had your vision tested. Optical scientists at the University of Murcia (Spain) want to bring the measurement of eyesight correction into the 21st century with adaptive optics (AO).

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