Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard -- Were the eyeglasses ever really practical? It seemed like a revolutionary idea when I first heard about them. The new Phillips technology appears, at first glance, to be capable of very precise control and resolution. Dave. On 3/4/04 at 20:48, rclompus@cox.net wrote: |Dave, | |I have worked with the glasses you mentioned. They were indeed for |use in underdeveloped countries. The lens power was adjustable by the |user or a breifly trained technician to correct for small to moderate |amounts of hyperopia (farsightedness) or myopia (nearsightedness). |The lenses were made from a stiff membrane on one side, a more |flexible membrane on the other and oil in between. A syringe type |device "injected" the right amount of oil to create a plus or minus |power lens. It is still in development. The lens mentioned in the |article by Phillips could have broader usage than spectacle lenses. |Interesting technology. On the other hand, it may be a "cure" looking |for a "disease." | |Richard Clompus, OD Roaonke, VA | |> |> From: "David E. Labovitz" <del@pscc.com> Date: 2004/03/04 Thu AM |> 08:07:54 EST To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: |> [Leica] new lens technology |> |> I recall some years ago a mechanical (hydraulic?) technology being |developed for use in field-adjustable plastic eyeglasses for |distribution in under-developed, poorly-endowed parts of the world. |> |> This, however, sounds like a real barn-buster. |> |> Dave. |> |> On 3/3/04 at 17:28, Dan C <leicaman@sympatico.ca> wrote: |> |> |http://www.dpreview.com/news/0403/04030302philipsfluidlens.asp ... - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html