Posts Tagged ‘Lenses’

Wiley X Introduces “Blink” to its Climate Control Safety Series

September 2nd, 2010

Wiley X is proud to introduce Blink, the newest addition to its Climate Control Safety Series. The Wiley X Blink combines the company’s premier military eyewear technology with striking design to deliver a pair of glasses worthy of the workers they protect. Comfortable safety, durability and streamlined style – look out, if you don’t grab a pair fast you might just miss the Wiley X Blink.

As part of the Climate Control series, the Blink’s streamline design keeps the glasses secure and form-fitting, enabling them to withstand virtually any inside or outside conditions. It comes with Wiley X’s patented, removable soft foam Facial Cavity Seal which works to block wind, dust, debris and peripheral light perfect for indoor shop work or outdoor tasks. Plus, the company’s Top Down Ventilation System controls airflow into the glasses helping to provide comfort while preventing fogging. Workers stay better focused keeping unwanted elements out all while maintaining clear and sharp vision.

Safety was priority one when designing the Blink model. Built with some of the world’s strongest materials, the Wiley X Blink is appropriate for all work environments from manufacturing to mining, and paper processing to petroleum.

Wiley X wears the badge of being the toughest-built glasses around. In fact, it’s is the only premium sunglass manufacturer who certifies all of its glasses to exceed ANSI Z87.1-2003 high velocity and high mass impact safety standards. Simply put, these glasses aren’t just good-looking they also deliver superb OSHA-grade occupational eye protection.

Constructed of shatterproof Selenite Polycarbonate, the lenses are finished with a scratch-resistant T-Shell Hardcoat making them even more resistant to flying debris and small nicks. The frame is made from Triloid Nylon a virtually unbreakable material which can withstand unimaginable impact. The frame is also flame resistant beyond ANSI Z87.1-2003 directives.

The Wiley X Blink fits most small to medium sized heads and is Rx-ready for those who require corrective lenses. The Blink also features distortion-free clear lenses housed by a streamlined matte black frame giving the wearer consummate protection all with precise color values. Available in five additional lens varieties and two additional frame colors, the Blink is also ideal for fashion and play and can be used as sport, outdoor, motorcycle or tactical sunglasses.

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NASA Testing Adjustable Liquid-Lens Eyeglasses for Space

August 21st, 2010

When our vision starts fading, glasses or contact lenses (or laser surgery!) are a simple cure.

But for NASA astronauts working in the near weightlessness of a space environment, it’s not that easy.

After all, they’re trying to read from all sorts of angles. And many of them are middle-aged and facing presbyopia, that classic “Mom needs reading glasses” condition. Adding insult to injury, the microgravity environment actually helps degrade vision.

So what’s an astronaut to do? Larry Greenmeier in Scientific American details a solution called TruFocals, a new type of adjustable eyeglass lens that NASA has been testing for use in space.

Made by Van Nuys, Calif.–based Zoom Focus Eyewear (and sold for $900 per pair, retail), the three millimeter-thick, flexible lenses can change their focus on the fly.

Greenmeier describes how they work:

Each TruFocals lens—about three millimeters thick—actually consists of two magnetically attached lenses. The lens closer to the eye is flexible, with a transparent distensible (expandable) membrane attached to a clear rigid surface. The space between the membrane and the clear rigid surface holds a small amount of clear silicon fluid. A sliding lever on the bridge of the eyeglasses is used to push the fluid forward to alter the shape of the membrane and, by extension, the flexible lens. TruFocals for people with more advanced presbyopia contain more fluid than those made for people with a milder form of the condition. The second, outer lens features the wearer’s normal prescription.

In other words, the flexible lens replaces the eye’s eroding natural ability. That’s important because much of what NASA astronauts do — use complex equipment, read checklists and overhead instrument panels, etc. — is difficult to do with conventional eyeglasses, which have a small corrective zone.

And astronauts aren’t getting any younger, either.

NASA says its plan is to roll adjustable glasses out for use on the next space mission, either from Zoom Focus or Roanoke, Va.-based PixelOptics, which makes electronic adjustable lenses called emPower!.

Now all the astronauts will have to do is figure out how to make Harry Potter-style round lenses stylish.

by Andrew Nusca
smartplanet.com

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LYTOT: The First Sunglasses Pacifier

August 5th, 2010

Ahmed Zekri, inventor of the LYTOT, had his daughter with him in his frame factory when she suddenly dropped her pacifier near a display of sunglasses. The concept of LYTOT, assembling a pacifier and sunglass, was born.

His daughter, like many infants, do not wear sunglasses for more than a few minutes. Most of the time kids feel uncomfortable with the temple or the neckband. Eventually, he imagined sunglasses mounted to a pacifier that the child would naturally wear giving them optimal protection.

LYTOT is designed for infants from 0 to 36 months and is available with 5 different shapes, 4 pastel colors (crystal, pink, blue and green), and 2 sizes:

    Small size is designed for children from 0 to 12 months and includes 2 pacifiers.

    Medium size is designed for children from 6 to 36 months and includes 2 pacifiers.


LYTOT is made in France and the LYTOT’s specifications are far beyond current children’s sunglasses. To maximize safety of your infant, LYTOT successfully qualified for the EN71-X infant care standard which guarantees a phthalate free product. LYTOT is hand cut in France from bio-sourced cellulose acetate. This special acetate is produced exclusively from natural products and is free of petroleum.

LYTOT can be custom fitted by an optician (arms between the bottom of circles and the comforter clip) to fit the morphology of the infant.

LYTOT lenses have been developed specifically for children, and is designed to stop the dazzling blue light. These Blue Blocker lenses stop 90% of blue light when widespread smoked colored lenses block only 80%. Blue Blocker lenses are Bisphenol-A free, which is not the case with polycarbonate lenses usually used for children sunglasses. Biphenol-A is mutagen, it is being scrutinized but not yet banned from nursing bottle manufacturing. Our proactive approach is to exclude Biphenol-A from LYTOT.

LYTOT is made in France, by a reputable company dedicated to toll manufacturing of spectacles and sunglasses for French internationally renowned premium brands. Suppliers are also committed to produce in their origin countries.

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Younger Optics Introduces ADAGE Short Corridor Progressive Lens

July 27th, 2010

ECP’s can now offer patients a progressive lens that fits into smaller, more fashionable frames, with some of the widest usable zones on the market! Younger Optics is pleased to announce the release of the ADAGE short-corridor progressive lens in clear polycarbonate, with a NuPolar polarized lens to follow soon. Some progressive lenses with a longer minimum fitting height do not appeal to patients who wish to wear a smaller frame. The new Adage lens, with a minimum fitting height of only 13 mm, is ideal for smaller, fashionable frames.

Benefits of Adage Lens:

    • Minimum fitting height of 13mm (great for smaller frames)
    • Very wide near zone (generous reading area) for a short design
    • Large, functional zones (clear view in all areas)
    • 90% of add is reached at only 11mm below pupil
    • An effective blank size of 76mm
    • No secondary calculations necessary for use

The Adage lens has been designed to provide the wearer with an excellent and balanced combination of far, near, and intermediate zones. Compared to leading short corridor progressives, the ADAGE lens offers a more generous usable area. This helps the wearer get a clear view, wherever they are looking.

youngeroptics.com