trufocals
The solution: eyeglasses, called TruFocals, that the wearer can manually adjust to give clear, undistorted vision whether reading a book, working on a computer or looking into the distance. [1]
The glasses, called TruFocals, allow the wearer to adjust the lenses depending on what they’re trying to see and how far away it is. [2]
Popular Science Magazine has named TruFocals, the market’s first adjustable focus eye glasses, a winner of its coveted 2009 Best of What’s New Award in the Health category. [3]
The result is TruFocals, the world’s first –and only-eyeglasses offering on-demand, user-adjustable, infinitely variable focus. [...] Bifocals, reading glasses, swapping multiple glasses, and progressive lenses all had major flaws. [4]
Most people with this condition, called presbyopia, eventually give in and get reading glasses, bifocals or glasses with progressive lenses. [5]
Chosen from thousands of entrants, TruFocals revolutionary lens unit system provides a new alternative for conventional multifocal wearers who want a clear field of view at any distance. [3]
The company that makes them, Zoom Focus Eyewear in Southern California, says their product means an end to the need for multiple pairs of glasses and the limitation of having only one field of vision in focus at a time. [2]
Each TruFocal lens is actually a set of two lenses: an outer lens, and an inner lens made of a flat glass plate attached to a flexible membrane that contains a clear, silicone-based liquid. [6]
When Dr. Stephen Kurtin reached the age when his eyes could no longer focus on nearby objects, he found that none of the then-available “answers” satisfied him. [4]
Plus, see the list of the winners and runners-up for The Wall Street Journal’s 2010 Technology Innovation Awards, get an update on past winners and read opinions from innovators on what will win in coming years. [5]
Best of What’s New awards are presented to 100 new products and technologies in 11 categories: Automotive, Aviation & Space, Computing, Engineering, Security, Gadgets, Green Technology, Home Entertainment, Home Technology, Personal Health and Recreation. [3]
“As you age, the lens atrophies and you can no longer focus intermediate and near,” said Kurtin, an independent inventor with a Ph.D. in applied physics. [2]
This movement mimics the way the natural lenses perform in the youthful human eye. [3]
The glasses won this year’s Silver Innovation Award, with one judge, Dr. Richard S. Lang, saying the technology is revolutionary in its treatment of a condition “that has been handled the same way for many years,” according to the Wall Street Journal. [2]
Sources:
[1] A Different Kind of Eyeglasses - Barrons.com
[2] Forget Bifocals, New Glasses Allow Reader to See Near or Far …
[3] TruFocals Wins Popular Science 2009 Best of What’s New Award
[4] About Us | TruFocals
[5] A Different Kind of Eyeglasses - WSJ.com
[6] a-different-kind-of-eyeglasses