Find out who wore the eternal raybans, why were the sunglasses worn by judges in China, and for what reason they were worn by patients suffering from sifilis...

A German company has produced custom-made contact lenses for animals including rhinos, racehorses and small household pets with cataracts...

Of all the muscles in the body, those six who control the movements of the eye may be the most active and most accurate. Even when the body is idle - even when sleeping – the eye is in the constant movement. In honor of this most sportive organ, Prada and Luxottica Group in Athens for the first time presented Linea Rossa Optical Collection...

Property sales action offers special opportunities for the presentation of exclusive brands, presenting news in the offer and sale action...

 A MAN who was blind for 12 years has seen his wife for the first time after specialists implanted part of one of his teeth into his eye socket...

 Perhaps much to your son or daughter's dismay, LASIK surgery is not recommended for children or teenagers. The FDA strictly prohibits LASIK surgery for those who are not yet 18 years of age. Most reputable eye surgeons will not perform LASIK on a young person until at least the age of 20...

Take a look at this brief overview of foods that will help ensure the healt of your eyes... 

The data eyeglasses can read from the engineer's eyes which details he needs to see on the building plans. A CMOS chip with an eye tracker in the microdisplay makes this possible. The eyeglasses are connected to a PDA, display information and respond to commands...

5 percent of people are dissatisfied, but you can improve the odds of not being among them...

In mid-May MobiOptika starts with a new stock of Hoya lenses ennobled with Super Hi-Vision layer, and with them they offer a guarantee on the layer! Hoya Super Hi-Vision is the only protective layer for eyeglasses lenses with guarantee of even 2 years!

Partially sighted and people registered blind could be taught how to read and view objects using the undamaged parts of their eyes, according to researchers at the Macular Disease Society (MDS)...

Popular singer with his wife and son comes home for recovery, and for few days he will find out will his vision come back...

If your mother or father are suffering from glaucoma, the risk that you will suffer from it is three to five times higher. If your brother or sister re suffering from glaucoma, the risk is five to seven times larger.. 

Blind cavefish  can detect light through an organ other than their eyes, which their sighted cousins use.
Blind cavefish whose eyes have withered away may not be so blind after all.
Instead, a light-sensitive organ in their brains can detect light, research now reveals....

Registration to our site optike.hr, Ad section and Forum are in function now...

 The first images of living human retinas showing the wide diversity of number of cones sensitive to different colors...

People who play action video games routinely see contrast up to 58 percent better than those who do not...

While using a computer won't cause serious damage to your eyes or vision, computer users often complain of symptoms such as eyestrain, headaches, fatigue, dry eyes, and focusing problems...

Dream lens, dream vision and ortho-k, these terms are used to delineate orthokeratology, which is firm gas-permeable contact lenses, usually worn during the night to enhance or improve eyesight or vision by reshaping one's cornea...

A drug which could repair the vision of people with vitreomacular adhesion, eliminating the need for surgery, is being trialled by experts at Southampton General Hospital...

Germany was and still is the country of innovation. A place called Schorndorf in the Schwabenland province also gave contribution to innovation. There you can find experts from the company Concept-s, the leading supplier of systems for a modern design of stores and presentation concepts of optical products...

Visual impairment alone does not significantly increase the risk of suicide, but it does seem to do so when it is associated with poor health, according to a report in the Archives of Ophthalmology....

 Cigarette packets should carry warnings that smoking causes blindness, doctors will argue this week as a new study shows that the habit can badly damage eyesight...

Stem cells grown on contact lenses have been used to improve the sight of patients with corneal damage, according to a new study...

Blindsight is a phenomenon in which patients with damage in the primary visual cortex of the brain can tell where an object is although they claim they cannot see it...

Optical Scientists, Psychiatrists Develop Minimally Invasive Eye Test for Alzheimer's...

Common Cause Of Blindness Could Be Treated By Type Of Vitamin B1...

The risks associated with laser eye surgery have continued to be highlighted in the press since a negative report by Which? emerged two weeks ago...

From April 3rd to April 5th, 2009 very successfully was held an exhibition of eye optics and optometry in Belgrade, Serbia. For the first time in a new area of Expo Center. Organizer - Association of eye opticians and optometrists of Serbia in particular emphasizes the satisfaction with response of visitors and exhibitors.

 There is an action in progress:
Thin glass lenses for ultra thin price!

The Forehead Retina System (FRS) uses a special headband to selectively stimulate different mechanoreceptors in forehead skin to allow visually impaired people to "see" a picture of what lies in front of them. ...

Box jellyfish, which dwell in tropical areas, can grow to be between one and 35 centimeters (on each side of their cube-shaped body)...