NUS students win top international James Dyson award with glaucoma screening device


From left: PhD students Si Li and Kelu Yu with research assistant and graduate David Lee with the glaucoma screening device. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Three National University of Singapore students who invented a glaucoma screening device have beaten more than 2,000 entries from around the world to win the international James Dyson Award this year.

The invention, aptly named Hopes (Home Eye Pressure E-skin Sensor), is a glove that uses sensor technology and artificial intelligence to enable patients to check their eye pressure at home.

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