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Virginia Company Creates Dynamic Eyeglasses

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the next-step-bionic-eyeballs dept.

tetrahedrassface writes "NewScientistTech is reporting that newly developed 'smart glasses' can change focus instantly from long distance to reading mode. The dynamic glasses change focus using a 5-micron-thick layer of nematic liquid crystal, sandwiched between two pieces of glass, and will be commercially available in 2 years by PixalOptics."

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  1. Re:NOT a problem with the lens in your eye! by gold23 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, it is the lens. At least, that's the most likely theory.

    Muscles pulling on the lens would make it thinner, magnifying less. So that's not the issue.

    I let my optician's license expire over a decade ago, but I had to put my 2 cents in.

    Take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyopia

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