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Web-connected eyewear: still going strong

 Gartner Inc claims that as early as 2017, web-connected eyewear, such as Google Glass and Gear Glass by Samsung, could bring in billions of dollars...

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New Look Eyewear Inc. acquires Vogue Optical

New Look Eyewear Inc just announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets and business of Vogue Optical Inc, located in Prince...

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Transitions Optical Reveals 2013 Transitions Awards Finalists

 Transitions Optical, Inc has named the finalists for its annual Transitions Awards program, which recognizes leading independent eyecare...

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Parents can detect retinoblastoma in their kids

                            Researchers from Baylor and Harvard Universities claim that parents can check their children...

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Retinal detachment in children born prematurely

 Children born extremely prematurely are more likely to develop retinal detachment than those born at term, according to a Swedish study This is...

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Elias Benguigui, of Perfect Optical, has died

Elias Benguigui, a well-known figure in Canada’s optical industry, particularly for his work with Perfect Optical, died during the night of...

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Blind people are more sensitive to heat

 A recent study shows that blindness results in a permanent state of pain hypersensitivity, which is manifested, in particular, by a...

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Fifty per cent of people can see themselves in the dark

 A joint study by the University of Rochester in New York and Vanderbilt University in Tennessee suggests that fifty per cent of people can see and...

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First coefficient of friction value on corneal tissue

 A study conducted by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has measured, for the first time ever, a coefficient of friction value on human corneal...

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Proteins protect against cataracts

 Researchers from Germany recently discovered the activation mechanism of one of the proteins that protect the eye against cataracts, laying the...

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