#1467 – Refracted
Posted on February 1, 2012 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comics
Do we have the technology yet for infinitely adjustable glasses? I’ve been fantasizing about them since I was 6 or 7 years old. At 7 years old I was convinced that I was smarter than the optometrist and if I could just control all the dials and levers myself it would all work out better.
Tags: chiropractor, glasses, vision
…less so for suicide hotline attendants once people started to realize that really heavy glasses probably WOULD become fashionable.
Ouch – Biff’s glasses are not only scary, they’re gonna break his neck – and wallet too, once his chiro see’s ’em.
I’m a poor candidate for corrective surgery, so progressive tri-focals are the closest I’m likely to come to infinitely-adjustable lenses. 🙁
Yes: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=adjustable-eyeglasses-poor
Personally, what I want are achromatic glasses, so I don’t see little rainbows on anything high contrast that isn’t straight in front of me. The technology for that (multi-element lenses) exists, too, but sadly no one seems to sell them.
I’ve never had glasses, but my dad lost a tiny little screw for a pair of glasses a long time ago, and fixed them himself using a similar little screw from another pair of glasses. A couple of days later, he wanted to get that pair of glasses looked at, and they told him that he couldn’t fix his own glasses like that, because those tiny screws’ sizes aren’t exaaaactly the same.
Ok, maybe my comment wasn’t really *too* relevant, since all this seems to be about adjustable glasses, not just any glasses. This is what happens if you go up way too early in the “morning” (10 a.m.) and you can’t think up anything better than my previous comment…
I wonder how much money I’ll get for my brain on eBay? It’s only slightly used! 😛
actually, yes, they do have adjustable glasses now. see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpKWHSsBpnE
I was thinking about this same kind of glasses. Thanks for the link.
Actually, I heard last year about glasses that are a sort of adjusting transparent led display that use an accelerometer to tell if you’re looking up or down. Looking up and they are regular prescription glasses. Looking down, they become reading glasses.
One, or Two?
One, or Two?
Two, or Three….
Can I see one again? I think.
I had those in the 80’s.
Never had glasses, but I’ve worn my friend’s. I remember quite distinctly that it gave me a bad headache.
I’ve played with the whatcha’mecallit and all he did was laugh at me.
I wonder how he gets those on with his eyebrows in the way… maybe theyre retractable.