Smart lenses make spectacles accessible to millions
Spectacles with variable lenses that can be adjusted by a wearer with no access to specialist eye care are being mass produced. Ben van Noort, co-board member and ophthalmologist, points out that Focusspec lenses can only be adjusted between +0.5 to +4.5 dioptre or -1 to -5 dioptre (most people wear...
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| Abstract | Spectacles with variable lenses that can be adjusted by a wearer with no access to specialist eye care are being mass produced. Ben van Noort, co-board member and ophthalmologist, points out that Focusspec lenses can only be adjusted between +0.5 to +4.5 dioptre or -1 to -5 dioptre (most people wear between -6 and +6) and they are unsuitable for astigmatism. [...]they cannot replace the long-term strategy of educating eye care personnel and creating optical workshops and distribution channels in each community in need". |
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| AbstractList | Spectacles with variable lenses that can be adjusted by a wearer with no access to specialist eye care are being mass produced. Ben van Noort, co-board member and ophthalmologist, points out that Focusspec lenses can only be adjusted between +0.5 to +4.5 dioptre or -1 to -5 dioptre (most people wear between -6 and +6) and they are unsuitable for astigmatism. [...]they cannot replace the long-term strategy of educating eye care personnel and creating optical workshops and distribution channels in each community in need". |
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