USB iriscope is just what you need for your next date
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted September 26th 2009 12:28PM
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So not for identification though, eyes are more unique than fingerprints so retinal scanners for the masses?
But the uses in medical fields are probably quite varied and many
Based on the title, I thought it was going to compare your eyes to someone elses in some magical way to see if you're soul mates, or something like that. At least we can be thankful that wasn't true...
Mjay, don't count the Japanese out yet. Over there, even blood type is sexy.
Reminds me of Blade Runner. So now you can tell if your date is an android or not?
One more question. You're watching a stage play. A banquet is in progress. The guests are enjoying an appetizer of raw oysters. The entree consists of boiled dog...
There are many myths and pseudoscientific claims about the Iris, it's called iridology and is complete BS. This seems to be a machine for that purpose.
Ah, let me guess, you are not a big fan of alternative medicine?
Alternative medicine is bunk by definition.
"Alternative medicine is medicine that has either not been proven to work or been proven not to work. Know what they call medicine that's been proven to work? Medicine." -- Tim Minchin
Iridology is not BS. I studied it as a hobby while in graduate school (for engineering). I was able to diagnose issues and assess the health of acquaintances by simply studying their iris and the striations. The pattern of the iris changes over time. This is why over long periods of time, iris identification will not work.
Don't believe me? Take a close look at your iris, go break your leg for example and then look at your iris again. Take a hammer to your knee and you will see light spots in your iris denoting an acute injury. If you want to see dark spots do something to cause chronic injury and watch your iris change.
The only people that do not believe this are those that are part of an establishment that want to over charge people for health care.
actually no, that isn't true at all. and your example sucks. Who is going to break their leg on purpose.
I met a guy on a plane who was an iridology researcher; he presented at conferences on the subject. It sounded interesting until I caught on to what he was really saying and realized what a load of crap he was pushing. Just for fun, I looked at a couple of web sites on the topic when I got home from that trip. It's got exactly the same ring to it as a lot of the psuedo-science based medical treatments that are pushed on me by other parents of autistic children (of which I have one).
Start with an idea that has its origins in something other than evidence (mythology, wishful thinking, anything other than data), then try to retrofit an explanation of why your idea is true. Hand pick a few legitimate studies to twist, tweak, and misinterpret to "prove" your idea is correct. Label anything in conflict with your idea to be part of a conspiracy from the establishment. Do a few studies of your own, write papers that include lots of complicated math or chemistry formulas that don't actually mean anything. Those "establishment" scientists who understand enough to recognize the poppycock for what it is will prevent the flawed studies from being published in recognized peer-reviewed journals, but hey, that's all part of the conspiracy, right? It gives the "alternative" studies the sheen of science without actually requiring anything of substance to back it up. Meanwhile, build up a community of devotees and evangelists. The devotees are often driven by desperation. The evangelists have reputations and egos to sustain, not to mention products and services. Both groups have a newfound piece of personal identity that is difficult to let go of. If you challenge what they sell they will quite literally demonize you. You end up with a group of people that swear up and down that black is actually white, if admitting it's black goes against the doctrine of their particular brand of pseudo-science.
I wonder how Sauron's eye would look.
Bloodshot.
You'd probably need a larger endoscope.
And an eclipse lens filter.
Ha! I'd like to try it on the guy who used his tooth as an artificial eye!
We don't give to shits about the world ending. We just want our tech news. So GTFO.
THIS IS NEWS YOU IGNORANT FOOL!!!
if you no longer have your Rights... then what FREE-time would you have to even use them.... OR THE FREEDOM TO CHANGE IT?
shut up or get out of my country.. AMERICA THE LAND OF THE FREE!
I see someone hasn't taken his meds today...
1.3 MP just don't seem to be enough to accurate do what it claims
1.3mp for something as big as your eye is way enough
It can be used in optometric and ophthalmology offices to track suspect nevii (plural of nevus?) or other cancerous growths. Basically the same reason fundus cameras were developed.
But if you made him take his meds, you'd be screwing with his head, and he wouldn't be FREE!
I had been tinkering with developing a (relatively) inexpensive handheld retinal scanner for identification purposes. For a second, I thought that someone had beaten me to it. I'd have to look at the exact schematics of the thing, but I'm curious if this could be slightly modified to become a retinal scanner after all.
New breed of troll?
Superdave, you may be 100% correct, but can you PROVE that it is all BS?
just to be pedantic... There are no "proofs" (in the scientific definition of the word) in any science other than Mathematics. What science can do is show statistical significance against a null hypothesis.
So having said that, no, you cannot "prove" iridology to be false; nor can iridologists prove it to be a legitimate discipline.
As far as scientists are concerned; it's outright quackery. Do a google scholar search for Iridology (here's the address for the lazy: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=iridology ) and you'll see the first few studies there show that iridology consistently fails to accurately diagnose a disease state.
And peer reviewed journals are really as close to "proof" as you can get.
When making a claim that something is TRUE, the you have to supply the proof.
There is absolutely no scientific research showing that the claims of iridology are valid at all.
The research that does exist shows that there is no correlation between any pigment differentiation on the iris and any disease. It is therefore, scam and quackery. The issue is not the acceptance or non-acceptance of alertantive medicine. The issue is that if real research finds no evidence that something works, whether or not the mechanism is known, then it falls in to the realm of quackery.
He doesn't need to until they produce credible reproducible evidence what they say has merit.
And if you read "Practitioners match their observations to iris charts which divide the iris into zones corresponding to specific parts of the human body" then I think anybody with a grasp of reality, be it feeble or strong, will know what we are dealing with.
If not then that person should be the one proving to mental healthcare professionals that he is sane before the discussion continues.
Although obviously you can detect certain diseases by looking at the eyes, but that's not the thing called iridology.
When they talk about the iris, they mean pussy.
...was that supposed to be funny?
I think he's somewhat excused by the name japanguy.
My aunt went to an iridology clinic and what they usually do is have you go through a routine check up then the retinal scan. So with the medical check up they’ve already narrowed down your issues and the retinal scan seems like it’s just for show. Then they give you generic advice like exercise, eat healthy, take vitamins so of course you’ll feel better.
"When you simply have $120.69-too-much in your bank account"
I seem to remember a lot of screeching and moaning when Apple charged 5 bucks for a software upgrade for the iPod touch.
This 'too much money' problem nowhere to be seen on Engadget..
Time to get rid of your ipod/iphones buddy, you are getting obsessed.
Since when are cotton wool spots ( hypertensive or diabetic retinopathy) neoplasms ?
this company is trying to scare people into buying their product
It's the Sony Voight-Kampff Portable!