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New eyeglasses allow you to adjust prescription yourself
http://phys.org ^ | 31 May 2012 | Bob Yirka

Posted on 05/31/2012 11:05:18 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: DeFault User

I buy my prescription glasses for $15 at Zenni.com.


21 posted on 05/31/2012 12:25:23 PM PDT by goseminoles
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To: freedomlover

We have a grocery around here that charges $1.47/pair for reading glasses. Not always a huge selection, and they don’t last forever... but sometimes they are on sale for $.99 a pair.


22 posted on 05/31/2012 12:37:30 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Red Badger

Wow, those are nice. But DANG, slide lenses in glasses is just one more thing that I invented in the past and never patented or worked on enough to patent or market!

They can work sliding up and down also, less range...

I don’t feel vindicated, just, who knows... Maybe I will kick myself in the rear on some other inventions now! Sigh...


23 posted on 05/31/2012 12:38:01 PM PDT by Weirdad (Don't put up with ANY voter fraud...)
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To: Red Badger

Those things look like GI birth control glasses.


24 posted on 05/31/2012 12:39:46 PM PDT by 9422WMR (Life is not fair, just deal with it.)
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To: HerrBlucher

This could be a real boon to folks in poor countries.

Obviously, in more developed countries one should use a professional for all of the non-refracting aspects of eye health.


25 posted on 05/31/2012 12:42:33 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)
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To: 9422WMR

Remember, the knobs are removable, and I’m sure that the fashion industry will get their chance to improve the looks soon enough. Besides, the latest trendy look is kinda like old school teacher frames........................


26 posted on 05/31/2012 12:44:42 PM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: caveat emptor
For instance, cleaning up a large fir which fell across my driveway and into a parking area required lots of head movement but not much precision.

He said as he sawed off his right foot with a chainsaw.........................

27 posted on 05/31/2012 12:47:32 PM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: EyeGuy
Good for you!

My brother in laws Dad worked on a project for the hearing aids. They work, and work very well. The doctors said it should not be on the market, and successfully blocked FDA approval, because it would mean people would not go get their ears checked. It would also cut into the profits of ear aid makers.

28 posted on 05/31/2012 12:56:10 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: EyeGuy

This technology has been around since the invention of cross-cylinders. Every few years some company tries to market them without much success. Same with pinhole glasses. You can get something similar here in the US: http://www.superfocus.com/
There are also some with adjustable liquid media. Some companies have gotten grants for dispensing adjustable spectacles to the indigent, but the effort always runs out of steam/money.


29 posted on 05/31/2012 1:06:12 PM PDT by Kirkwood (It's not a lie. It's a composite.)
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To: Red Badger

“GI birth control glasses”, they’ll make you so ugly, nobody will have sex with you!


30 posted on 05/31/2012 1:15:15 PM PDT by 9422WMR (Life is not fair, just deal with it.)
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To: Red Badger

I hated my trifocals, although I had “progressive” lenses. I could never get used to them, so I finally resorted to one pair for driving, one pair for close up reading, and I don’t need a pair for computer work.

I could easily get behind the idea of self adjusting glasses.

LOL, but I will say that my lasik surgery lasted 10 years. I love that part! :-)


31 posted on 05/31/2012 2:08:35 PM PDT by RikaStrom (Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
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To: redgolum

Have an extra pair gathering dust?

What!


32 posted on 05/31/2012 2:11:08 PM PDT by mcshot (God bless the USA! OMG PLEASE vote ABO or OWW and our Country dies.)
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To: RikaStrom

Lasik surgery lasted 10 years?.....that’s a long time to be on the operating table...............


33 posted on 05/31/2012 2:35:28 PM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: Red Badger
(Oy - smack forehead) LOL, valid point.

The surgery itself was 10 years ago. The results lasted 10 years. :-D

34 posted on 05/31/2012 3:48:11 PM PDT by RikaStrom (Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
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To: Red Badger
He said as he sawed off his right foot with a chainsaw.........................

That's funny, but you're confusing precision with accuracy.


35 posted on 05/31/2012 5:09:57 PM PDT by caveat emptor (Zippity Do Dah)
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To: caveat emptor

He said as he sawed off his right foot exactly between the tibia and talus with a chainsaw.........................


36 posted on 06/01/2012 6:08:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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