One innovation by UA scientists could make bifocals a thing of the past. A team of optical scientists has developed electroactive glasses that can change focus with a flick of a switch, though they ...

They're not very pretty, but prototype eyeglasses from University of Utah scientists could make progressive lenses obsolete for older people. Using electronically activated lenses and infrared ...

(National) September 8, 2006 - As we get older, it seems the words on the page get smaller. So we must turn to bifocals or reading glasses. In fact, Americans spend an estimated $15 billion a year on ...

A team of researchers from the University of Utah College of Engineering have been working on and developing a set of smart glasses that have the ability to automatically focus on what the user is ...

If you’re reading this through bifocals, or you happen to use different specs to see things up close and in the distance, then new tech from researchers at the University of Utah is likely to be of ...

TOKYO -- A Japanese startup's crowdfunding success shows how a promising idea -- autofocusing eye glasses -- can resonate with the public even if it is still a work in progress.

For a type of prosthetic device on which three in four American adults rely, glasses and contact lenses have changed since the progressive lens emerged in 1956. And while robotic, prosthetic arms and ...

April 15, 2006 The end is nigh for bifocals, and not a moment too soon. Optical scientists at the University of Arizona have developed new switchable, flat, liquid crystal diffractive eyeglass lenses ...

«ViXion01 uses a pair of real-time adaptive interchangeable lenses that adjust on the fly to make sure everything stays in sharp focus. Think of it as a phoropter, that weird-looking machine with ...

No matter how good your eyesight, there's a decent chance that it'll start to fade at a certain point in your life. Presbyopia is a common form of age-induced far-sightedness, where the lenses in the ...

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