French startup IXI is working on glasses with autofocus lenses Built-in sensors track eye movements Liquid crystal lenses adjust focus to match what you’re looking at Squinting to see a sign, tilting ...

LOS ANGELES — For children diagnosed with worsening myopia, bifocals might be a better choice than standard lenses for nearsightedness, say researchers, who have found that the condition doesn’t seem ...

As we get older, our eyes get worse. That’s just a fact of life. It is a rite of passage the first time you leave the eye doctor with a script for “progressive” lenses which are just fancy bifocals.

For children diagnosed with worsening myopia, bifocals might be a better choice than standard lenses for nearsightedness; researchers have found that the condition doesn’t seem to progress as rapidly ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — Progressive-addition lenses are more likely than bifocals to improve mobility and balance in older people, according to a poster presentation at the American Academy of Optometry meeting ...

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Eyeglasses today are fashion accessories, as stylish as purses and belts. So don't fret if contact lenses bother your eyes. Instead, scope out the latest frames to give your face a fresh look. As ...

Future glasses could use liquid crystals to switch from close- to long-range viewing at the touch of a button. "Nobody in their right mind would wear these glasses," says Nasser Peyghambarian, one of ...

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I think my bifocals are trying to kill me … and certainly mess with me in general. To be fair, I’m new to wearing these things, but I’m pretty sure I won’t be for long. I’ve given them a fair shot.