1. Curing Blindness in the Developing World

2. The Team Aidan Lynch User Interface Ros McMahon User Input Eoin O' Brien Level Design Maria O' Connor Modeller Daniel O'Byrne Mentor

4. The Need 45 Million people Blind Worldwide Over 20 Million due to cataracts www.who.int

5. What is a Cataract? A clouding of the natural lens, the part of the eye responsible for focusing light and producing clear, sharp images. This may be removed in under than 10 minutes, restoring sight

6. Right To Sight

7. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger UN Millennium Goals

8. Achieve Universal Primary Education UN Millennium Goals

9. Reduce Child Mortality UN Millennium Goals

10. Improve Maternal Health UN Millennium Goals

11. Combat Diseases

12. Develop a Global Partnership for Development UN Millennium Goals

13. Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems facing us today

14. How We Can Help

15. The EYESi is the only simulator currently available Still in the development stage Costs between $100,000 and $200,000 Current Solution http://www.vrmagic.com/

16. Our Solution Built Using Microsoft Software Run on any Microsoft Windows Computer Using Motion Sensitive Controllers and Infra-red LED’s

17. Our Solution Windows Computer: €315 x2 Motion Sensitive Controllers: €60 Rechargeable Battery: €16 x4 Infra-red LED’s: €6 Total Price: €397 _____________________________________ www.amazon.co.uk

18. Demo

19. Sounds great, Does it work? Exponential decrease in complications Simulator training greatly shortens this learning period Measured and controlled environment Training on the EYESi simulator is proven to improve student’s wet lab results * * Virtual reality training improves wet-lab performance of capsulorhexis: results of a randomized, controlled study

20. Sounds great Does it work?

21. Safe Controlled Accessible Proven Effective Sounds great, Does it work?

22. Reduce direct supervision needed Enable online leaning More students trained Keep skills sharp Help restore sight to millions of people Impact

23. Motion Sensitive Controller Bluetooth Infrared LED / Camera Technology

26. Tackling a serious, real world problem in a unique way Adapting existing technology to be used in new, imaginative ways Provided an affordable solution to a long standing global problem facing millions of people Innovation

27. The most important surgical steps modeled hand-eye coordination levels Detailed scoring system Varying difficulty levels An online Community System To Date

28. Not Just Cataract Surgery... Not just medical applications Extendibility Vitreo-Retinal Glaucoma surgery Corneal surgery Strabismus surgeryOculoplastics

29. Extendibility

30. The Plan

31. 37 million blind worldwide. 1 Cataract surgeon per million. 50-75% of preventable blindness in Africa due to cataracts. Our simulator offers the chance to really speed up the training of new surgeons. To Recap

32. Questions