From breast cancer treatments to self-driving cars and fitness trackers, space exploration is improving life on Earth for millions of people.
As the James Webb Space Telescope beams incredible images back to Nasa, scientists hailed the way the same technology has been used to improve eye surgery.
It is the latest example of how space research can be used in multiple formats of everyday life, particularly in improving healthcare.
The eyesight of millions has improved thanks to the technology used to build the Webb telescope over decades, by driving major improvements to Lasik eye surgery.
The same process for measuring the powerful mirrors used by the telescope to capture fragments of light from more than 13 billion years ago in deep space has been incorporated into a device to precisely measure the human eye.
The technology has been incorporated into Johnson & Johnson Vision’s iDesign Refractive Studio, a device that takes measurements to map imperfections in visual pathways and cornea curvature, similar to a unique optical fingerprint for each eye.
“The mirrors were one of the really critical technologies we needed to develop to enable the observatory,” said Lee Feinberg, optical telescope element manager for Webb at Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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