eye care

1-800 Contacts buys the at-home eye exam provider 6over6 Vision

New developments in sensor technologies, computer vision and machine learning technologies are combining to drive medical diagnostics further into the home, and the latest company to make a move to pu

Simple Contacts has a new service letting users cheaply switch contact lens prescriptions

Simple Contacts has launched a new service letting users try out new contact lenses for as little as $3. The company launched a little over three years ago as a way for contact lens wearers to slash t

Hubble raises $16.5 million to deliver affordable daily contact lenses

A subscription commerce startup that sells its own brand of daily disposable contact lenses, Hubble, has raised $16.5 million in a new round of venture funding just five months after having launched i

Opternative and 1-800-Contacts now let users get updated prescriptions from home

Telehealth and telemedicine companies have the power to help patients get the care they need from home, and often more quickly and at a lower cost than what they’d pay out of pocket at a clinic or o

Video: A quick look at how computers, phones have affected our eyesight

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/vspvsp.png" />The friendly folks at VSP Vision Care sent along this quick video explaining how our increased use of computers and smartph