Presbyopia is a visual defect which affects many people over 40 years old, including myself. As we cannot focus on close objects, we tend to rely on bifocal glasses. But with bifocals, the two parts ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Eyewear professionals in Philadelphia were getting a first look today at a new, high-tech type of bifocal eyeglasses. These aren't your Ben Franklin bifocals. A Virginia-based ...

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Bye-bye bifocals. A new pair of smart glasses from the University of Utah may have just eliminated the need for spectacles. According to researchers, these new smart glasses come with liquid lenses ...

Just like most parts of the human body, our eyes have a tendency to get worse with age. You might take your ability to focus for granted now, but that could change once you hit late middle age and ...

There’s a new high-tech eyeglass solution for dealing with the increased difficulty of focusing on up-close objects that comes with aging. PixelOptics’ emPower! eyeglasses — billed as the world’s only ...

Scientists at the University of Utah have unveiled a pair of self-adjusting glasses that can provide the optimal focus for different distances, based on the wearer’s prescription. Photo: Dan ...

A team of researchers at the University of Arizona said Tuesday that they have developed a liquid-crystal eyeglass lens that can automatically change focus depending on the line of sight of the wearer ...

Don't throw away those bifocals just yet, but scientists have developed prototype spectacles that change prescriptions with the flick of a switch. The new glasses could benefit people suffering from ...