Eye topography enthusiasts, look no further. The precision ocular cartography you seek is available now, in handheld form, and in addition to medical applications it supports and estimated 600 game titles and only uses 6 AA batteries per hour and a half of playtime.

This device is a special frame grabber with data analysis software based on a SEGA Nomad 16-bit game console. The whole design fits into the standard SEGA cartridge and can be used on any 16-bit SEGA game console like SEGA Genesis or SEGA Megadrive. SEGA Nomad was used for portable applications. The cartridge has video input connector and any standard CCD video camera can be plugged into it. For eye topography measurement a high resolution monochrome CCD camera must be used. In addition the special lenses must be attached to the camera to allow making images of the eye at a 2-3 cm distance. The camera is focused on the eye cornea surface and captures the image produced by the light circle source.

This is a very specific device necessary for eye surgery clinics only.

This mod was apparently a professional deal by one Sergei Skorobogatov for an ophthalmologic centre called "Prozrenie", presumably in Moscow. Thanks for the head's-up, Seddon, and everyone keep your eyelids pinned open for more medical uses of consoles.

And send them to me. ME. That bastard Florian is always stealing my posts. Eliza gauger

Explanatory site with more photos here [cl.cam.ac.uk/]

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