Security equipment is constantly evolving and changing, and increasingly looks more like the props from science fiction films. Offices with high security needs can use retinal scanners to grant ...

Second, I am more willing to scan myself with my own device than with a permanently installed third party system." The idea behind this: it is not the retinal comparison itself that is necessary in ...

If you're like a lot of people, you don't make an annual trip to the ophthalmologist to get your eyes checked ... and you really ought to, in order to catch any problems before it's too late. If it ...

A portable retina scanner small enough to fit in a purse could one day be used to combat identity theft and strengthen personal security. The new device is about 5 inches (12 centimeters) long and 3.5 ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a low-cost, portable optical coherence tomography (OCT) scanner that promises to bring the vision-saving technology to ...

Since the late 80s retinal scanning has been featured in a whole bevy of sci-fi and action films. It's been the security system of choice for some of the silver screen's top spies: James Bond used it ...

A newly published patent application details a TV remote that could respond differently to separate people based on a scan of their fingerprint or eye. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer ...

Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) is the gold standard for diagnosing retinal diseases such as macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, as well as glaucoma. OCT is particularly ...