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It’s a fact that staring at screens of all kind will strain your vision. However, there’s a new app that’s available for iOS and Android, which is supposed to help improve it. Fact or fiction?

The Ultimeyes app was released for computers before it was launched for mobile devices. The app is a game that’s supposed to work on improving your visual acuity. In the game, you end up trying to track down blobs on the screen that are shifting around. This is supposed to improve your eyesight over time, by playing in 25 to 30 minute intervals.

You’ll have to shell out $5.99 on iTunes or Google Play to try it out for your googly eyes.

[via Ubergizmo]

Everybody wishes they had super powers. The big problem with that shared ambition, however, is that super powers do not exist. Not unless you count super human vision. That does exist, and a new app promises to help you attain it.

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A lot of people I know mix up their passwords because they have so many accounts online. Sometimes, it gets difficult to keep track of all the passwords you’ve created and used over the years.

Aiming to provide an alternative to passwords is eyeLock’s Myris iris scanner.

The Myris is exactly what its name implies. But how do you use it?

Well, first of all, you’ll have to set up a profile and key in all of your passwords. You’re then supposed to “teach” Myris how to recognize your eyeballs by following a short series of instructions. From that point forward, you will then be able to log in your email, bank, and social media accounts simply by having the Myris scan both of your eyes.

The team behind Myris claims that a double-iris scan is one of the most foolproof biometric security systems available, offering a false acceptance rate that is only bested by a DNA test. In fact, the chances of a false match are 1 in 2.25 trillion.

Myris will be available later this year and will be priced between $200 to $300(USD).

[via Dvice]

Kinect might be the big name in full-body motion control, but it’s Tobii that’s got eyes on lock. And while their past (awesome) demos have been interface-centric, now they’re taking on games. It’s not perfect yet but man do I ever want this to be awesome.

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Dogs and cats are adorable creatures by day, but under the cover of night their eyes seem to shine like demon spawn. That’s the work of the light-reflecting tapetum lucidum, a layer of tissue that sits right behind the retina. As it turns out, that same tapetum lucidum just might be responsible for turning reindeer eyes from gold-hued in the summer to blue-tinted in the winter. Neat!

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