{"id":16672,"date":"2017-03-30T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16672"},"modified":"2017-03-29T14:18:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T13:18:47","slug":"prototype-retina-camera-lowers-the-cost-with-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16672","title":{"rendered":"Prototype retina camera lowers the cost with the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170320143848_1_900x600.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16673\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170320143848_1_900x600.jpg?resize=560%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170320143848_1_900x600.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170320143848_1_900x600.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170320143848_1_900x600.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170320143848_1_900x600.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170320143848_1_900x600.jpg?resize=260%2C173&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/170320143848_1_900x600.jpg?resize=160%2C107&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bailey Shen and\u00a0Dr. Shizuo Mukai from the USA have developed a prototype camera unit that can be used by opticians to take photos of your retina. Normally, pupil-dilating eyedrops are required to do this, causing blurriness and headaches afterwards. By using a combination of light sources to first of all focus on the retina and then to take the actual picture, the eyedrops aren&#8217;t necessary. The camera&#8217;s total cost is approximately $185, a fraction of professional units.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/03\/170320143848.htm\" target=\"_blank\">A ScienceDaily article is available to read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Bailey Shen and\u00a0Dr. Shizuo Mukai from the USA have developed a prototype camera unit that can be used by opticians to take photos of your retina. 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