Coming Soon - eye Phone

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No, there's no mistake here. But sorry for the pun though. It is not a new smartphone. It is something more affordable. Yes, thanks to a particular US firm - Ucansi, who will be launching a software "GlassOff" by early next year - a brain-training app that gives middle-aged people the eyesight of those ten years younger. It is an app that will train the brain to read without the need of reading glasses. It would be a useful app for the aged especially those who reach 50 unable to read a menu, book or newspaper without holding it at arm’s length or their reading glasses. [i]The brain training software will introduce the user to a grey screen containing a white circle, and then a number of images in quick succession at various places on the screen. Some are blank, while others contain blurred patterns of lines, known as Gabor patches. The aim is to pick out any of the Gabor patches that fall in the same place as the white circle. The task gets faster and more difficult as the person gets better at it. Volunteers with an average age of 51 who took part in 40 training sessions at the University of California, Berkley, found reading charts so much easier that their ‘eye age’ was said to have reduced from 50.5 to 41.9 years. They were also four seconds a sentence quicker at reading - a San Francisco conference heard.[/i] The GlassesOff app is expected to cost around £60 for the first three months, during which customers are expected to train for 15 minutes, three times a week. After that, there will be a small monthly fee for less intensive ‘maintenance’ training. The smartphone version app will be available early next year though no actual dates have been given, while a computer version could be launched later. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2042921/New-programme-middle-aged-people-vision-10-years-younger.html