Physicists Succeed in Making ‘Impossible’ Gamma-Ray Lens

Lenses are a part of everyday life—they help us focus words on a page, the light from stars, and the tiniest details of microorganisms. But making a lens for highly energetic light known as gamma rays had been thought impossible. Now, physicists have created such a lens, and they believe it will … [Read more...]

Oakley Racing Against Google For Technology Eyewear

Once Google made it known that they are releasing their Project Glasses, Oakley was quick to point out they were also in the race for technology eyewear. 'As an organization, we’ve been chasing this beast since 1997,” Baden said. “Ultimately, everything happens through your eyes, and the … [Read more...]

Eyeglasses For the Hearing Impaired

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PARK RIDGE, N.J. and KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In a joint effort to improve the entertainment experience of hearing or visually impaired audience members, Regal Entertainment Group has chosen Sony’s Entertainment Access Glasses with audio for practically all of its fully digitized theater locations … [Read more...]

PixelOptics’ emPower! is Named a 2012 Gold Edison Award Winner

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The World’s First Electronic Focusing Eyewear emPower from PixelOptics Wins at NYC Ceremony; Awards Celebrate 25 Years of Honoring Innovators and Innovation Roanoke, Virginia, May 3, 2012 – The Edison Awards, celebrating 25 years of honoring the best in innovation and excellence in the … [Read more...]

Computing Enabled Eyewear! On Kickstarter

Recording video or taking pictures is clunky.  You have to pull out your smart phone or your video camera, and hold it up. This immediately causes you to lose the use of your hands, and makes the entire situation you are recording feel socially awkward.  What if you could just touch a button on … [Read more...]

Cassius Eyewear Launches New App.

Cassius Eyewear's has a  new app that lets you try on their eyewear collection via an iPhone, save pics to your phone and share.  and scroll through the optical and sunglass collections to find the best frames for your face Celebrating the app's launch, you can take a photo of yourself in your … [Read more...]

House of Binz Eyewear x Vodaphone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1

Consumer eyewear brand  House of Binz  announced a multi-year partnership with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team,” the team announced in a press release. “Binz has spearheaded the design of intelligent eyewear: supported by over 60 granted patents to date, the sunglasses … [Read more...]