Students preparing to enter medical fields are required to take physics. To increase their interest in physics, a low-cost classroom medical activity is presented introducing them to the basics of endoscopic visualization and navigation. Incorporated in the activity are basic surgical techniques such as resection with single or multiple operators.…

Recent developments in the diagnosis and correction of eye aberrations give rise to the appealing prospect of achieving "super" vision. The fundamental limits for vision improvement, which are imposed by optical imaging and photoreceptor sampling, are summarized and discussed in this article. (Contains 4 figures.)