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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. Lasers by olego · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "The idea is to put the focusing power found in the lens of a camera on your face all the time."

    That means that the glasses would also require batteries, and would need recharging, and would be heavy at first. Sounds a bit too much.

    1. Re:Lasers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      That means that the glasses would also require batteries, and would need recharging, and would be heavy at first. Sounds a bit too much.

      Aligning liquid crystals doesn't take much power. How long does the battery on a digital watch with LCD screen last? Years. How big is the battery? Tiny.