This week media paid a lot of attention to quite a few interesting developments in our branch. HOYA announced a global partnership with Dutch innovators I-Optics and will sell I-Optics’ EasyScan worldwide. EasyScan enables opticians to make images of the retina in a fast, easy and affordable way. Almost at the same time Novartis and Google announced a collaboration in order to develop the “smart” lens technology. This technology will probably make it possible to control diabetics through a contact lens. Once again this indicates how much technological developments will play a more and more important role in our industry and influence our business. Smart opticians already prepare themselves for this future innovations in order to help their clients even better.
