Latest News Briefs – Page 254
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The newest collections of Kirk Originals, which is celebrating its...
The newest collections of Kirk Originals, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary next year, will be among the major attractions at this week's Silmo. Jason Kirk is launching two lines entirely made from acrylic in the temples and the fronts – Beam for prescription frames and Sunbeam for sunglasses. Presented ...
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Ron Arad, a famous architect and industrial designer with a...
Ron Arad, a famous architect and industrial designer with a studio based in London, is signing a rather original line of eyewear that will be presented for the first time at Silmo. One of the frames can be adjusted to fit differently shaped heads and noses. Another one is entirely ...
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TD Tom Davies will be showing off some new styles...
TD Tom Davies will be showing off some new styles at its booth at Silmo this week. The British brand will launch its second Natural Horn Collection, which features four new optical shapes and three new sunglasses in the made-to-order buffalo horn collection. Some of the designs combine the ...
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Taking his inspiration from Salvador Dalí's “Mae West Lips Sofa,”...
Taking his inspiration from Salvador Dalí's “Mae West Lips Sofa,” Pascal Jaulent, artistic director of Face à Face, has created a special frame that recalls the sensual mouth of a woman. The unique handmade object will be presented at Silmo, where it will be auctioned for a good cause. The ...
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Orange 21 has launched its 18-piece Spy Rx collection, its...
Orange 21 has launched its 18-piece Spy Rx collection, its first ophthalmic frame collection under the Spy Optics name. The range is targeted at enthusiasts of action sports and multi-sports aged 20 to 50. Each style comes in three colors.
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BBGR, the big French-based subsidiary of Essilor International, is launching...
BBGR, the big French-based subsidiary of Essilor International, is launching a variety of new products including Quadro lenses and Transitions XTRActive photochromic technology. Quadro is low entry-price level back-side progressive lens made with free-form surfacing. Transitions XTRActive is a technology intended mainly for people who spend a lot of time ...
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Working in collaboration with Thai Optical Group and a big...
Working in collaboration with Thai Optical Group and a big French laboratory controlled by Essilor, Novacel Ophthalmique, PPG Industries is releasing Tribid, a new hybrid lens material, initially for the French market. It merges its Trivex material, with its numerous properties, and high-index technology to provide better correction and improved ...
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Mazzucchelli is launching a new type of eco-friendly cellulosic acetate,...
Mazzucchelli is launching a new type of eco-friendly cellulosic acetate, for which it has requested international patent rights. Called M49, it makes use of cotton and wood fibers. The new thermoplastic material uses the same manufacturing process as regular acetate, and it is compatible with other polymers, including polycarbonate.
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Sauflon has lauched its Clariti 1-Day contact lenses, which it...
Sauflon has lauched its Clariti 1-Day contact lenses, which it says is the first silicone hydrogel daily disposable toric lenses. Designed for people with astigmatism, the silicone hydrogel material makes them permeable to oxygen. Sauflon will offer free trial lens banks for its high street retailers; for purchase, the new ...
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At International Vision Expo West last week, Pro Fit Optix...
At International Vision Expo West last week, Pro Fit Optix previewed SmartEyePix, a family of dispensing technology devices that combine fitting measurements, lens consulting, frame try-on and soon, refraction. It can be connected to Pro Fit Optix' supply and manufacturing system. SmartEyePix takes accurate measurements including optical center by bouncing ...
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EyeDispense, the iPad application for optical professionals that was launched...
EyeDispense, the iPad application for optical professionals that was launched in July, has added a new feature that allows opticians to co-brand the app with their corporate logo. The app, designed by David Crystal, an optometrist in Edinburgh, allows for video dispensing, helping clients with poor vision select their ...
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A survey sponsored by Ciba Vision indicates that children between...
A survey sponsored by Ciba Vision indicates that children between the ages of 8 and 15 who wear soft contact lenses have significantly lower cases of corneal inflammation and infiltration than older teenagers and adults. Published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science, the study suggests that contact lenses may be ...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, which run the two...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, which run the two programs for health care for the poor and the elderly in the U.S., have decided to allow reimbursement for the implantable miniature telescope of VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies. Outpatient facilities will be able to get some money back for covered procedures. ...
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The Yissum Research Development Company, an arm of the Hebrew...
The Yissum Research Development Company, an arm of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has come up with a virtual cane designed for people with impaired vision. The cane emits light directed at surrounding objects and uses vibrations to transmit its findings to the user. It has several sensors that can ...
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Sony's Digital Camera division has developed eyeglasses that show movie...
Sony's Digital Camera division has developed eyeglasses that show movie subtitles in the theater. They were originally developed for people with poor hearing, but they could also be used for people watching movies with language subtitles. Being developed especially for the U.K., the BBC has expressed interest in a similar ...
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A defective gene has been detected as a cause of...
A defective gene has been detected as a cause of myopia, giving hope that the disorder can be cured. Recent research done at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, together with a team from Finland, has found that the mutation of the gene – Leprel1 – causes myopia, or nearsightedness. The research, ...
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The Clinical Research Center at the University of California's Berkeley...
The Clinical Research Center at the University of California's Berkeley School of Optometry has reportedly found that a majority of people who wore progressive lenses preferred Zeiss Individual lenses over Varilux and other conventional brands. The study found that Zeiss won out for overall satisfaction, speed of adaptation, visual acuity ...
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The American “Think About Your Eyes” campaign run by the...
The American “Think About Your Eyes” campaign run by the Foundation for Eye Health Awareness got a big boost when The Vision Council pledged to give it $2 million a year for two years, and the possibility of another $4 million for a national launch. The campaign has successfully raised ...
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Maui Jim has supplied the sunglasses for a special Arctic...
Maui Jim has supplied the sunglasses for a special Arctic expedition, involving six Britons. It was the first time that a team reached the North Pole by rowing a boat, covering a distance of 720 kilometers from the coast of Canada.
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To mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the...
To mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Luxottica group by Leonardo Del Vecchio, the company's board has decided to grant an overall 350,000 treasury shares to employees of the group's Italian operations. The transaction, scheduled to be closed by October, is worth about €7 million. Luxottica celebrated ...
