by tbream | Sep 12, 2017 | Lenses, Technology
You know the pose: hunched over a smart phone, e-reader, computer, desk, tablet or game console. Thanks to ever-present electronics, you are exposed to an increasing level of harmful blue light on a daily basis. Computer monitors, laptops, tablets, smart phones, LED...
by tbream | Jul 25, 2017 | Fashion, Frames
Transitions lenses–the photoreactive technology that darkens your eyeglass lenses in sunlight–still carry the stigma of being strictly for the elderly and deeply unhip. But could they be the next piece of geekwear to make the leap into style? Fashion expert Tim Gunn...
by Lacey Mielcarek | Apr 9, 2017 | Fashion, Frames
A men’s fashion trend that has gone almost unnoticed at the Oscar-Grammy-Golden Globe-Emmy spectaculars is that men are “stylin” with eyeglasses. Photographs from those nights revealed that more and more actors were donning glasses instead of tinted...
by Lacey Mielcarek | Jan 30, 2017 | Lenses, Technology
Admittedly, the glasses shown in the picture above are ugly, but they are a prototype. Developed by University of Utah scientists, they could make progressive lenses obsolete. Using electronically activated lenses and infrared distance meters, they can focus...
by Lacey Mielcarek | Jan 13, 2017 | Fashion, Frames
Did you realize that an estimated 65% of American adults wear glasses? That is more than 143 million people. While they provide an important corrective visual function for us, we often think of them more for their role as a personal fashion statement. A new...
by Lacey Mielcarek | Dec 10, 2016 | Technology
Heads-up displays are transparent displays that present data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. The origin of the name stems from a pilot being able to view information with the head positioned “up” and looking forward,...
by Lacey Mielcarek | Sep 27, 2016 | Fashion, Frames
The British version of Vogue recently covered the growing trend of eyeglasses as a fashion statement. The magazine’s fashion features editor comments that: “Today, spectacles are less about seeing than being seen. Perhaps that’s why people are using the...
by Lacey Mielcarek | Jun 18, 2016 | Lenses
Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has red-green color blindness. That is why Facebook’s main color is blue because to him, “blue is the richest color for me – I can see all of blue.” Zuckerberg is far from being alone with the condition. Worldwide, color blindness...
by Lacey Mielcarek | Mar 18, 2016 | Lenses
We pride ourselves at Media Eye Works in having access to the most technologically advanced eyeglass lens solutions available worldwide. We also like to keep on top of emerging new technologies that are on the horizon. Thus, we have been following the development of a...
by Lacey Mielcarek | Jul 14, 2015 | Lenses
It’s rare for someone to not use a computer or a digital mobile device at least once a day, and some work on them for much longer. In addition to reading devices at close range for several hours a day, the switching back and forth between near and far vision has...
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