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Liquid-Crystal, Auto-Focussing Glasses
Forget Bifocals, these auto-focusing glasses are made from liquid crystal, amnd are able to manually or automatically generate a near focus zone by sending electrical current through the glass and changing the light refraction.
These glasses, entitled ‘Empower’ were developed by Dr. Ronald Blum after over as dcade of research.
They feature microchips, accelerometers and rechargeable batteries, and have two modes – manual and automatic.
To activate the near focus manually, the user simply needs to touch the side of their glasses.
To reactivate automatic mode, you need to slide your finger down the arm of the glasses. In automatic mode, an accelerometer monitors head movements and generates the near focus when your head is tilted down. Possibly not the most useful if you want to look at something eyelevel or higher that’s close to you, but it’s certainly an extraordinary invention, removing the distortion experienced with bifocals, or the need to have the near focus zone visible all the time.
For more info on these new creations, have a look here: http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/willburns1/archive/2011/02/16/forget-bi-focals-get-these-liquid-crystal-auto-focusing-glasses.aspx
View | 0 Comments | Posted By ccameron | Posted 5th December 2011
Liquid-Crystal, Auto-Focussing Glasses
Forget Bifocals, these auto-focusing glasses are made from liquid crystal, amnd are able to manually or automatically generate a near focus zone by sending electrical current through the glass and changing the light refraction.
These glasses, entitled ‘Empower’ were developed by Dr. Ronald Blum after over as dcade of research.
They feature microchips, accelerometers and rechargeable batteries, and have two modes – manual and automatic.
To activate the near focus manually, the user simply needs to touch the side of their glasses.
To reactivate automatic mode, you need to slide your finger down the arm of the glasses. In automatic mode, an accelerometer monitors head movements and generates the near focus when your head is tilted down. Possibly not the most useful if you want to look at something eyelevel or higher that’s close to you, but it’s certainly an extraordinary invention, removing the distortion experienced with bifocals, or the need to have the near focus zone visible all the time.
For more info on these new creations, have a look here: http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/willburns1/archive/2011/02/16/forget-bi-focals-get-these-liquid-crystal-auto-focusing-glasses.aspx
View | 0 Comments | Posted By ccameron | Posted 5th December 2011
