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Written By: Admin | Updated : March 5, 2016 8:41 PM IST
In a startling breakthrough researchers have developed self-adjustable glasses that can be focussed by wearers by simply turning a dial on the frame. The glasses, called 'Eyejusters' uses a technology called Slidelens and it works by sliding one lens over another when the wearer turns the dial.
"We're happy to agree that optometrists provide a better standard of care. They check for eye disease and all sorts of things that we can't do," Owen Reading, co-founder of Eyejusters and head of business development, said. "However, our glasses are particularly useful for parts of the developing world where there are very few optometrists so people are unable to get a pair of glasses prescribed," he said.
The company has sold the glasses to NGOs and charities in Sudan, Uganda, Cameroon, Morocco, and India. It is also selling their product as reading glasses that can be sold over the counter. They're on sale in the US for $40. "A lot of people have different pairs of reading glasses for different tasks but these are just one pair of glasses that do it all," said Reading.
