Better than Laser Beam Sabers

It has always been part of my fantasies when I was a kid, and now as an adult who pretends to be a kid, to have a beam saber and becoming a Jedi. Piloting a Gundam equipped with a beam saber is also fine. Aside from the purpose of connecting the title to the actual topic of this post, I mentioned this because… Surprise! It is connected.

If you’re a Jedi or a Gundam Pilot, having 20/20 vision is a plus. Well, I guess the Jedi have their feeling the force stuff, but this is 100% true for Gundam pilots. Also, 20/20 vision is good not only in the fantasy world, but also in the real world. For people who don’t have perfect vision, glasses and contact lenses have always been their good friends. But now, laser can also be these people’s friends, not only in the form of beam sabers in their fantasies, but also as the light that will correct their vision and make the world appear clearer to them.
You may have heard of LASIK (Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis), a procedure that uses laser to correct one’s vision. Now, there is a newer form of this procedure that goes by the name of iLASIK. This is an all-laser LASIK procedure that has been looked into by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and NASA for improving the vision of some of their specialized personnel who are usually exposed to extreme conditions. Unlike the old LASIK procedure, iLASIK uses two lasers instead of one. This significantly improves the safety of the procedure since it is a computer-guided laser, instead of a microkeratome blade, that is now used to create the corneal flap before the other laser is used to modify the inner layers of the cornea for vision correction. The laser used for vision correction is guided by the wave-front mapping data that was generated at the beginning of the procedure to map the unique characteristics of the individual’s eye.
Both NASA and the DOD have attested to the effectiveness and the safety of the new LASIK technology. The DOD had the procedure performed on 100 military personnel and 95% achieved 20/20 uncorrected vision after undergoing the procedure! I myself would want to undergo this procedure to have my vision corrected someday. However, according to the LASIK information on their website, I haven’t met all of the requirements yet. But I know someday, I’ll have my vision corrected and become the greatest Gundam Pilot ever!!! Or at least the vision correction part… Thanks to iLASIK!