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UA Mirror Lab works full tilt on huge scope
Arizona Daily Star
"It was a very bold move," said Matthew Colless, director of the Australian Astronomical Observatory. "This is really cutting-edge stuff. No one has done anything this difficult before." That first mirror has been polished to more than 99 percent of ...

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The Guardian

Indian eye clinic uses tiered pricing to combat blindness among poor
The Guardian
Madan Keshav, a shy 11-year-old, looks tired as he waits for the optometrist to examine his eyes. He says he and his father travelled by bus for two hours to reach the LV Prasad Eye Institute's (LVPEI) hospital in Mudhol, a tiny village in southern ...

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India Today

Umpcam technology set for Big Bash
Herald Sun
They have been invented by a Brisbane optometrist, fitted with a micro high-definition camera about the size of a pea. From Wednesday night at the SCG, umpires will wear the glasses for the Fox Sports coverage of the Big Bash League.
New sunglasses with mini high-definition camera to be used by umpires to ...Courier Mail
Sunglasses camera to revolutionise cricket3News NZ

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Travelers' No-Nos Or What NOT To Do When Traveling
Manila Bulletin
According to a Lonely Planet forum, you must have a valid prescription from your optometrist when buying contact lenses in Australia. If you don't have a prescription, it can cost you a lot to be re-tested in order to purchase them.



Macarthur Chronicle Campbelltown

Campbelltown man's vision saved
Macarthur Chronicle Campbelltown
Mr Whiting received a retina photo on his left eye from optometrist Michelle Truong earlier this month that revealed the onset of macular degeneration. ?I had no idea that there was a problem,? Mr Whiting said. ?I've worn glasses all my life and after ...



Popular Science

Canon SX260 HS, Powershot D20, IXUS Line to Launch Locally First Half This Year
Popular Science
Canon are launching a suite of compact cameras for the Australian market this year, with the flagship Powershot SX260 HS, the waterproof Powershot D20, and the Wifi enabled IXUS 510 HS and 240 HS units all due to land in the first half of this year.

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AZoOptics.com (press release)

Linkham High Temperature Microscope Stage Being Used to Investigate ...
AZoOptics.com (press release)
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, report on the work of Dr Sharath Sriram, a Research Fellow at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He uses Linkam specialist temperature stages with micro-Raman ...



Avionics Intelligence

Aerospace and defense designers weigh considerations in selecting the right ...
Avionics Intelligence
based maker of wide temperature range, optical interconnects for harsh environments. ?There is a critical demand for high-speed, interconnect components that support those enhanced capabilities and requirements for I/O in military and space ...

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Rally driver crashes dad's prized car
Ninemsn
By ninemsn staff The story of a young Australian racing driver who wrecked his dad's most prized car has gone global, after video emerged of the classic car nosediving off a road and into a river. George Miedecke, 24, lost control of the 1970 Ford ...



AR Newsline Report 1798 -- Jan 27 2012:
eHam.net
Amateur Radio Newsline's Cheryl Lasik, K9BIK, has the details: Wolfgang Hadel, DK2OM, in Siegbach, Germany, reports via the IARU Region 1 website that back last December 1st he and Peter Jost HB9CET of Zurich, Switzerland, noticed a band of white noise ...

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VISION EYE INSTITUTE LTD : Medibank Private and Vision Eye Institute Offer
4-traders (press release)
Vision Eye Institute laser vision correction surgeons are some of the most respected in Australia and the world. They include Australian pioneers of the procedure and, together, have performed more LASIK and ASLA procedures than any other provider of ...



Extended-Wear Contact Lenses Aren't Capturing the Market
Newswise (press release)
The study was based on an analysis of worldwide prescribing data, led by Nathan Efron, BScOptom, PhD, DSc, of Queensland University of Technology, Australia. The researchers analyzed 14 years of data (1997 through 2010) on contact lens fittings by eye ...

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Contactlenses.co.uk

Daily contact lenses "still the favourite"
Contactlenses.co.uk
The study, seen by Newswise, was based on analysis of worldwide prescription data, and led by Dr Nathan Efron, from Queensland University of Technology, Australia, who analysed 14 years of data on contact lens fittings by eyecare professionals in 39 ...
Study shows stalled growth in extended-wear lens prescribingNews-Medical.net

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Travelers' No-Nos Or What NOT To Do When Traveling
Manila Bulletin
If you forgot to bring a second pair of lenses, then it's highly unlikely for you to remember bringing a prescription. According to a Lonely Planet forum, you must have a valid prescription from your optometrist when buying contact lenses in Australia.



The Guardian

Government backs 'shared parenting' legislation after separation
The Guardian
The plan is opposed by David Norgrove, whose report last year warned of the situation in Australia after the country introduced shared parenting rights. A landslide of legal claims and counter-claims led to severe delays in child custody cases.

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Digital Photography

Stylish Pentax K-01 Mirrorless Camera Will Support DSLR Lenses
PCWorld
The Pentax K-01 has a body in the midcentury-modern style conjured up by Australian industrial designer Marc Newson, as well as the same K-mount lens mount used by Pentax's DSLR lenses. When compared with the pint-size Pentax Q announced last year, ...
Pentax Intros 16MP Marc Newson Mirrorless CameraTom's Guide
Pentax Adds K-01 Designer ILCTwice
Pentax Launches K-01 Mirrorless CameraBrunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm
ConsumerReports.org (blog) -Geeky gadgets -British Journal of Photography
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Clip-on lenses help widen capabilities of phonecams
The Australian
Sam Mooy, a photographer for The Australian, test-drove our review Olloclip and particularly liked the fisheye and macro lenses. He found the wide-angle lens a few degrees too wide, with pronounced distortion of lines along the right-hand edge.

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Daily Mail

Awesome in the Outback: Comet shimmers over Australian swamp as it blazes a ...
Daily Mail
Caught on camera over a swamp in Australia the stunning image shows the trail of the Comet Lovejoy as it passed close to Earth. Lying in wait in the darkness in Poocher Swamp Game Reserve near Adelaide, was photographer Wayne England who took this ...

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Sony NEX-VG20
CNET Australia
Having covered all of the previous generations of interchangeable lens cameras (ILCs) here on CNET Australia, it's now time to turn our attention to interchangeable lens video cameras. This is the Sony NEX-VG20, which looks and feels every part the ...

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