Australian researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Sydney, published a new scientific study in the journal Archives of Ophthalmology, saying that the number of people suffering from presbyopia – a stiffening of the eye lenses or of the muscle operating these lenses – will drastically i... |
9 December 2008
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Eye glasses are – beyond any shadow of a doubt – a fashion item and there are a lot of people who are really careful when it comes to matching the clothing style needed for a certain situation with a specific pair of glasses, accentuating a desired visual effect. Now, it would be ridiculous to have a dres... |
17 October 2008
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Geek chic is back and it’s causing havoc. Of course, this trend is not new and even remotely pretending it is would denote complete ignorance of the all-too mediated ways of fashion. The point is, the old days when being labeled a nerd, geek or square was the worst thing that could happen to anyone are long for... |
12 September 2008
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The World Health Organization estimates that between 800 million and 2.3 billion people worldwide suffer from refractive errors and need some sort of visual aid in order to see properly. For those of us lucky enough to live a busy, modern life in a civilized society, visual aids usually mean either glasses or contact... |
24 June 2008
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If you have problems remembering where you lost your 45 million dollar laptop, you should probably consider buying a pair of these weird-looking glasses. The Smart Goggles have the ability to remember where you last saw a particular lost item. This way, you can behave like a borg, have the memory of a borg and look l... |
14 March 2008
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There is nothing better than enjoying a movie seen on a cinema screen through a nice and trendy pair of glasses. The 22Moo subdivision, Yellow Mosquito, knows that, so they developed a revolutionary device, known as Quingbar GP300, which will enable its users to watch their favorite movies through a simple pair of gl... |
27 November 2007
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After smart fabrics, now we have smart sunglasses. These devices can display an athlete's performance and heart rate data in their peripheral vision and are a German-British product. The sunglasses, called "Informance", also visualize a stopwatch and heart rate at one edge. The components required to accomplish ... |
19 October 2007
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A research team at the University Carlos III of Madrid has announced that they designed an upgrade for the problematic rear-window captioning system currently used by deaf people: a glasses-mounted subtitle screen. The device fixes onto a person's glasses to give them access to subtitles. Since cinema huge subt... |
19 April 2007
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If you're the athlete type that loves to run with dark sunglasses, you'll probably hail the Oakley Radar glasses as the best since the Greeks opened the first Olympic Games. Weighing about 60 g, the Radar is a pair of shades with a difference: it features the new Hydrophobic lens coating technology. That wi... |
18 April 2007
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