Mail-order eyeglasses company Warby Parker has created an iPhone app that can replace a visit to the optometrist for some customers.
You’d of course expect there to be some small-print when you’re dealing with something as important as your eye-sight, and there is …
As Engadget notes, there’s quite a lot of it.
If all that applies, and the iPhone test determines that your vision hasn’t changed, then you’re good to go. Otherwise, the app will refer you for a conventional examination.
Prescription Check is a free download from iTunes.
The iPhone has been used for a wide variety of health tasks, usually with additional hardware but sometimes just with an app. These include blood pressure monitoring, mental health studies, cholesterol measurement, ECG monitoring, food analysis and even cancer diagnosis.
Health gadgets are fast becoming a major gadget category.
