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The glasses test you can do at home – BBC News
A Silicon Valley start-up has developed a smartphone accessory that lets owners check their vision at home.
The results produced by EyeQue’s Visioncheck gadget can be used to order new glasses from many retailers.
However, because a prescription is needed to purchase contact lenses in the US, there are limitations on its use there.
The BBC’s Cody Godwin tried out the innovation at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.
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A new personalised vaccine given in combination with a drug has stopped skin cancer returning in patients during a trial, representing a potentially watershed moment in cancer treatment. Scientists used mRNA technology, which was used for some Covid-19 vaccines.
But that technology – and vaccines more generally – have become increasingly controversial in the United States since the Covid-19 pandemic. The Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, is a vaccine sceptic.
In August 2025 cancelled $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccine research. The move impacted 22 projects being led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, for vaccines against bird flu and other viruses, according to Kennedy’s department.
We speak to Tom Whipple, host of the BBC’s Inside Science programme, about the science of this new vaccine. And we ask how funding cuts for vaccine research could impact health outcomes not just for Americans, but for the world.
0:00 How does the new mRNA skin cancer vaccine work?
2:56 How effective is the new cancer vaccine?
5:06 How do mRNA vaccines work?
6:51 How was mRNA technology developed?
10:26 How did Covid change mRNA vaccines?
12:01 Why is RFK Jr cutting mRNA funding?
15:19 Are mRNA vaccines safe?
18:48 Why is the FDA approving an mRNA flu vaccine?
21:00 What does the future of mRNA research look like?
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Historic first as Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt’s 100m world record at Beijing games | BBC News
A Chinese humanoid robot has run 100 metres in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, surpassing the men’s world record time held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt.
Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, won its heat at the opening of the games’ second edition. The robot overtook smartphone maker Honor’s Lightning near the finish after falling behind early in the race. Lightning finished in 9.47 seconds, also faster than the 9.58-second record Bolt set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
The results marked a remarkable improvement from last year’s inaugural games, when Tiangong Ultra won the 100 metres in 21.50 seconds. Tiangong also won the world’s first humanoid robot half-marathon, held in Beijing last year.
The 100 metres is among 51 events at the games, which include football, dancing and contests to complete industrial tasks.
China is promoting humanoid robots as a strategic emerging industry, with policymakers and companies betting that advances in AI and hardware will accelerate their use in manufacturing, logistics and consumer applications.
Investor enthusiasm for the sector was underscored recently when shares in Unitree, China’s best-known humanoid robot maker, jumped more than five fold in its Shanghai trading debut, giving the company a market value of about $50 billion.
This year’s games have drawn 2,056 robots from 666 teams across 16 countries and six continents, up from 280 teams at the inaugural event.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Laura Bicker in Beijing.
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Every year, new reports warn that our roads are getting worse and potholes are becoming more common. Experts say the cost of …
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Artificial intelligence was the technology lots of people wanted to talk about at the Dentistry Show in Birmingham, UK.
From 3D printing to digital scanners and AI receptionists, there are many ways in which technology is helping dentists’ workflow.
We tried some of the tech on display.
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There was a time when sleeping was simple – but now, it’s a bit more complicated.
Sleep has rules – there’s the right bedtime, the right temperature, and the right amount of deep sleep.
It’s not just something we do, it’s something we measure.
But is all this number punching actually helping us rest?
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January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
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@claires1957
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
The guy’s a bit nervous…But looks like a cool device!
@peterwayne5793
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
in accurate. this thing is basically a small autorefractor like the one the optometrist uses to get a ball park number of your eye number. dont waste your money.
@markbrunette4802
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
It does not check to health of the eye.
@sewfantastic7257
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
This would be great,I am so tried of being ripped off.I have about thirty parts of glasses and Can only see of one part. I was just in a fight with American eyeglass trying to get my glasses and after a year I end up with two part of glasses that make me dizzy to wear them. I never will go to one of these guys again I am adding my eyes to my yearly physical.
@koll
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Want!
@stevenbaker7696
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
I'm glad he thinks this is a 'good idea'!
@harishcse100
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
You create some bullshit technology and just say "saving time" is advantage…fuck off ..do something to save environment
@otiebrown9999
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Excellent.
The follow up would be to use your own Snellen and minus trial lenses to confirm your refractive state – yourself.
@h2mphysique584
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Hours going to the optometrist ? Hell nah , 20 minutes tops
@meheretoday6968
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
if you need to buy that then just go to the optometrist lol
@sullivanseanpatrick
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Cool that this is on a phone, but the concept is not new. Assuming you have normal lighting and a regular computer you can do this at home. Of course it doesn't replace an exam by an actual doctor but gets your prescription correct. https://www.govisibly.com/
@kavic1234
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
The best glasses test you can do at home is turn off the BBC
@MJ18888
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
But the device doesn't check the health of the eye!
@humanitarianharjot402
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
I love this. I will definitely buy one.🤔
@rishirameshkumar6753
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Rip Specsavers…
@frankjamesbonarrigo7162
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
My mother went to an optometrist and he didn't see the cataract. She looked into a machine and it found a cataract
@JCRule69
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Turkeys would hit for Christmas if given a choice.
Come on man, you ain’t fooling anyone
@psane
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
another invention where the solution came first before the problem. If I have to go to an eye doctor for general eye health and also for the prescription, why do I need this?
@mahlina1220
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
The irony is the blue lite coming from the celll phone is making you blind.
@crashweaverda
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
This guy a idiot. Don't quit your regular job sales is not your thing.
@ubik459
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
I think it's a great idea. It would be awesome to have the option of making my own glasses instead of going to an optometrist.
@dyeeznhuts
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
what a noob
@goldfinga786able
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Check out how ppl in uk are being gangstalked
@exposuresofthesoul
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Who filmed this?! A 13-year-old during their GSCEs???? I could have done better with my Sony Ericsson Walkman phone.
@AXAND3R
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Mom: "Don't get closer to screen, it's bad for your eyes!"
Me:
@conyo985
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Another gimmick! Nothing to see here folks!
@zacka7336
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
As a student in Optometry school currently, this is a very unwise and harmful practice.. finding your refractive error (prescription) is only a fraction of what optometrists do in the office with you. They check the health of your eyes in regards to diseases, conditions, and serious medical concerns. They use several instruments to look not only at the front of your eye but through to the back of it as well, in order to diagnose seriously dangerous diseases before vision loss or blindness can occur. This won't diagnose someone with glaucoma, early onset diabetes, hypertension or anything. It's just another quick money grab attempt at creating a shortcut for something everyone needs. No optometrist I have ever met endorses this or any online prescription platform.
@Sketchmee5
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
I am not convinced and it's more like a gadget than a finished product to me.
@Mitchell527
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Another thing you will find in a carton, and wonder what it is.
@gojeta1999
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Pretty good if it does what it says, especially with all the online shops where you can put your measurements in and order glasses
@aba3249
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
BBC news doesn't have anything better to do other than showing some politician dancing, some startup products…what is going on?
@samkeyho4200
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
So, you want to scan our pupils and collect data, not happy with finger prints records, bank records, medicals, and everything in between?
@snoop-doggviews637
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
Sh!t
@javierzapanacaceres2933
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
I'm sure it works, but is useless… Ravish for me..
@javierzapanacaceres2933
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
I'm sure it works, but is useless… Ravish for me..
@susanb4816
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
does it detect eye disease? cause doctors do
@EngLife
January 4, 2024 at 7:51 am
I really don't see a market for this. Checking your eyesight isn't something people do every day. Maybe driving Schools would be interested in this to do a quick eyesight test with their customers. "Normal" People, however…no. Unless it costs 5€, then you can buy it out of curiosity.