This is very nearly enough to turn me into a smartphone owner:

http://www.ophthalmicdocs.com/

These guys are truly amazing. The stuff is open source. Geeky and philanthropic. I think I love them.

So are they getting people to look into the cameras on their phones, and diagnosing them from that?

Bubblecar said:

So are they getting people to look into the cameras on their phones, and diagnosing them from that?

It’s a very clever version of the hand held camera I paid $15,000 for. Using a smartphone as the camera part. Have a look also at the stuff where they are developing things that describe visual things for the benefit of the low vision person.

buffy said:

This is very nearly enough to turn me into a smartphone owner:

http://www.ophthalmicdocs.com/

These guys are truly amazing. The stuff is open source. Geeky and philanthropic. I think I love them.

Um, which one(s) are you referring to:
Mobile Eye App, oDocs Slit Lamp Adapter, OphthalmicDocs Fundus, OphthDocs Eye App, OphthalmicDocs Eye Cam, or OphthalmicDocs MAGcro?

mollwollfumble said:

buffy said:

This is very nearly enough to turn me into a smartphone owner:

http://www.ophthalmicdocs.com/

These guys are truly amazing. The stuff is open source. Geeky and philanthropic. I think I love them.

Um, which one(s) are you referring to:
Mobile Eye App, oDocs Slit Lamp Adapter, OphthalmicDocs Fundus, OphthDocs Eye App, OphthalmicDocs Eye Cam, or OphthalmicDocs MAGcro?

Well, all of them are very clever. But the one I’m most interested in is the OpthalmicDocs Fundus.

buffy said:

mollwollfumble said:

buffy said:

This is very nearly enough to turn me into a smartphone owner:

http://www.ophthalmicdocs.com/

These guys are truly amazing. The stuff is open source. Geeky and philanthropic. I think I love them.

Um, which one(s) are you referring to:
Mobile Eye App, oDocs Slit Lamp Adapter, OphthalmicDocs Fundus, OphthDocs Eye App, OphthalmicDocs Eye Cam, or OphthalmicDocs MAGcro?

Well, all of them are very clever. But the one I’m most interested in is the OpthalmicDocs Fundus.

“OphthalmicDocs Fundus is a smartphone retinal imaging adapter. It is capable of achieving up to 40 degree field of view. The device is an open-source 3D printable device. Anyone could download it and print it for their own use.”

You can’t 3D print a lens!

I can’t help wondering if my top-pocket-sized video camera could do that. Nope, it can’t, too much light reflected off the cornea and not enough from the retina.

mollwollfumble said:

buffy said:

mollwollfumble said:

Um, which one(s) are you referring to:
Mobile Eye App, oDocs Slit Lamp Adapter, OphthalmicDocs Fundus, OphthDocs Eye App, OphthalmicDocs Eye Cam, or OphthalmicDocs MAGcro?

Well, all of them are very clever. But the one I’m most interested in is the OpthalmicDocs Fundus.

“OphthalmicDocs Fundus is a smartphone retinal imaging adapter. It is capable of achieving up to 40 degree field of view. The device is an open-source 3D printable device. Anyone could download it and print it for their own use.”

You can’t 3D print a lens!

I can’t help wondering if my top-pocket-sized video camera could do that. Nope, it can’t, too much light reflected off the cornea and not enough from the retina.

No, you can’t print a 20D lens. But a lot of us have these lenses as part of our kit. And it does tell you about that if you read the section on making it. You need the indirect ophthalmoscope setup of the frame and lens to see the ocular fundus. Then the phone supplies the camera.

Optics of indirect ophthalmoscopy:

buffy said:

mollwollfumble said:

buffy said:

Well, all of them are very clever. But the one I’m most interested in is the OpthalmicDocs Fundus.

“OphthalmicDocs Fundus is a smartphone retinal imaging adapter. It is capable of achieving up to 40 degree field of view. The device is an open-source 3D printable device. Anyone could download it and print it for their own use.”

You can’t 3D print a lens!

I can’t help wondering if my top-pocket-sized video camera could do that. Nope, it can’t, too much light reflected off the cornea and not enough from the retina.

No, you can’t print a 20D lens. But a lot of us have these lenses as part of our kit. And it does tell you about that if you read the section on making it. You need the indirect ophthalmoscope setup of the frame and lens to see the ocular fundus. Then the phone supplies the camera.

A forum member has access to 3-D printing equipment, perhaps if you ask nicely.