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AskMen.com
Eric Huang |
FAQ On Contact Lenses If you wear contacts, or are considering getting them, you might have some unanswered questions. We've all heard stories and myths about contact lenses; the following is a list of some of the most frequently asked questions concerning this little invention.   |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2007
Steven Mallas |
1-800 CONTACTS: I Just Don't See It This lens maker is still one investors should avoid. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Focus on 1-800 Contacts The contact lens purveyor reports fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003
Carol Marie Cropper |
Lenses By Night, Clear Sight By Day Spooked by surgery? New contacts aim to correct myopia while you sleep. |
BusinessWeek
October 7, 2010
Olga Kharif |
Eyeglass Innovator: Ronald Blum Optometrist Ronald Blum says his electronic eyeglasses improve on bifocals and progressive lenses, which cause nausea and headaches for some wearers. |
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: 1-800 Contacts It's been more than a year since 1-800 Contacts last reported a successful quarter. Can the company break its losing streak? Investors, take note. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
Forget Fisheye: A Photo Lens to Steer Robots A lens developed by South Korean researchers offers a wide-angle view without fisheye distortion, perfect for ceiling-mounted security cameras. Unlike images produced by fisheye lenses, straight lines appear straight. |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2007
Billy Fisher |
Envisioning a Clear Future at Cooper The contact lens and eye care-product company posts a second-quarter loss upon restructuring, but revenues continue to grow. The outlook is fairly positive for Cooper shareholders for the remainder of the year. |
AskMen.com
Eric Huang |
Eye Exams 101 Never had an eye exam? Call a specialist and book an appointment now. But read this first. |
PC Magazine
September 28, 2005
David Murphy |
Eyeballing Your Camera A Liquid lens for cameras is currently in development and would allow quicker and more precise focusing and optical zooming. |
AskMen.com
January 14, 2013
Ben Kriz |
Adjustable Prescription Sunglasses Adlens came up with an inexpensive alternative to prescription shades. Each pair of the company's glasses can be adjusted to fit your exact prescription just by turning a dial. |
Chemistry World
April 5, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Variable Focus at the Flick of a Switch Aging eyes could soon have an alternative to bifocal spectacles, with the development of liquid crystal lenses that focus on near or distant objects at the flick of a switch. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 52
David Bradley |
Microscopic Contact Lenses Make Sense Gel lenses, resembling microscopic contacts, could find a role in biosensors for analysis and diagnostics, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. |
Outside
April 2006 |
Sunglass Review Spy Optic's aviator-style Silver Shadow... Little Italy shatterproof lenses from Quiksilver... Oversize Prada Aviator glasses... Kaenon polarized Beacon lenses... Oakley's boldly styled Oil Drum... Specialized photochromic lenses used in Swingarm... Bolle's Pharmium polarized lenses... |
BusinessWeek
October 18, 2004
Lewis Braham |
Eye Surgery: It's Getting Sharper Laser eye surgery has improved, and newer techniques can fix trickier vision problems. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Don't Contact This Stock 1-800 Contacts had a tough quarter, but is it a buy now? |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2003
Carla Pasternak |
Cooper Eyes Big Gains The stock of rapidly growing contact lens maker Cooper is worth a look. |
Chemistry World
August 2, 2006
Jessica Ebert |
Smart Microlenses Come Into Focus Liquid lenses that can flex between convex and concave forms in response to a change in temperature or pH could find uses in autonomous imaging systems for medical diagnostics, their inventors say. |
PC World
November 13, 2001
Dave Johnson |
Digital Focus: Accessory Lenses, CompactFlash Cards Three kinds of accessory lenses and how to use them; plus, how to choose memory cards... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005 |
Optoelectronics In Brief Photonic Products to offer Panasonic aspherical lenses... Opto Diode completes California-based LED wafer fab... etc. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Viewing 1-800 CONTACTS It's been five quarters now since the company last met, much less beat, analyst expectations. Considering how low expectations have been set, when the company reports its fourth-quarter and full-year 2005, it might just be investors' lucky day. |
BusinessWeek
October 21, 2010
Barrett Sheridan |
Innovator: Adobe Researcher Todor Georgiev With a plenoptic lens and special software, the Adobe researcher can make a blurry photo look crisp even after the shutter's been clicked. |
National Defense
November 2009
Grace V. Jean |
In the Eye of the Beholder: Contact Lenses as Displays and Sensors Scientists believe that the little plastic discs that hundreds of millions of people rely on to see clearer may one day serve military personnel and medical patients as information displays and health monitoring devices. |
CIO
June 15, 2001
Carole Bodger |
Sight for Sore Eyes You have to see clearly to work effectively. Tips on reducing eye strain. |
PC Magazine
October 5, 2004 |
Zoom Most digital cameras have a zoom lens that lets you take in a wider view or get closer to the subject. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 34
David Bradley |
The end of spectacles? A technique for forming a gel inside the eye under physiological conditions has been developed by US researchers. The gel could provide a permanent solution to the poor vision that afflicts almost everyone from middle-age onwards. |
AskMen.com
April 10, 2002
Karin Eldor |
The Best In Men's Eyeglasses With the stylish range of men's eyewear on the market these days, it would come as no surprise if men donned a pair without a prescription -- it's no newsflash that eyeglasses are intended for more than just vision repair, but rather as an accessory to make you look out of sight... |
Managed Care
April 2001
Bob Carlson |
Nonphysician Groups Push To Expand Scope of Practice State laws determine what optometrists, naturopaths, psychologists, and other allied health practitioners can do. Despite vigorous opposition from state medical associations, scope-of-practice bills succeed in changing those laws every year... |
AskMen.com
Alex Muniz |
Timeless Eyeglasses It can be a little overwhelming to walk into an eyeglass store and see shelf after shelf of frames. So here are a few classic eyewear styles, innovations and tips that the modern man needs to know if he is in the market for new spectacles. |
CIO
July 1, 2002 |
The United States of E-Commerce What state is the best for e-commerce? The Progressive Policy Institute scored the 50 states according to what a citizen can buy online, whether the state allows digital signatures or whether it imposes online taxes. |
Technology Research News
February 23, 2005 |
Rod arrays focus sound Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain have produced a pair of flat lenses that control soundwaves. |
Macworld
March 2001
Rick Oldano |
Olympus Camedia E-10 Four-Megapixel Camera Narrows Consumer-Professional Divide... |
Outside
July 2003 |
Buying Right Sports-optics companies, in the process of retrofitting the old-school metal-frame shades with new-school technology, now produce sunglasses with enough street style for a trip to the liquor store or dodging paparazzi and trips farther afield. |
