News
X-Cel Specialty Contacts Makes Canadian Debut at CAO Optofair
Thursday, June 25 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Clinical Practice, New Products, Ophtha ShowCase
X-Cel Specialty Contacts is making its marketing debut at CAO Optofair in Fredericton July 17th.
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Intel Acquires Canadian Smart Eyewear Company Recon
Thursday, June 25 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Acquisitions
Intel has completed its acquisition of the Vancouver-based company Recon Instruments, a manufacturer of smart, computerized eyewear for athletes.
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Survey Finds Poor Vision, Hearing Loss in Adolescents
Wednesday, June 24 2015 | 00 h 00 min | News
A recent survey of French adolescents sponsored by the Optic 2000 group has found that visual and auditory health problems are increasingly common, even though only a quarter of the teens surveyed reported being concerned about their own health.
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Add a Style Shade and Transform your Silhouette Frame into Sunglasses!
Wednesday, June 24 2015 | 00 h 00 min | New Products
Flexible, dynamic, quick and simple. Use this must-have accessory to transform a Silhouette frame into a beautiful sun frame.
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New Frames Inspired By Le Festival De Cannes
Tuesday, June 23 2015 | 00 h 00 min | New Products
New from Freakshow, inspired from Le Festival De Cannes, 2015 is the release of the Bullitt model dedicated to the character of Frank Bullitt.
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CCLR Update Spotlights Sports Vision in Practice
Monday, June 22 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Clinical Practice
A European study of 157 Olympic-level athletes in a variety of sports is reviewed, giving clues as to how clinicians might help customize their approach to optimize on-field performance.
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Compact, fast, practical and elegant: ALM 500 Auto Lensmeter
Monday, June 22 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Ophtha ShowCase
The ALM Auto Lensmeter accurately measures all types of lenses and frames. A tilting colour screen provides for operators, whatever their position.
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Briot Alta Pulse – At the Heart of Your Business
Friday, June 19 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Ophtha ShowCase
The Alta Pulse is built for reliability and flexibility, and is specially designed for mid-sized practices.
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Waterloo Student Wins $100,000 Grant to Develop Smart Contact Lenses
Friday, June 19 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
The Thiel Foundation announced last week that its class of 2015 Thiel Fellows includes University of Waterloo student Harry Gandhi, co-founder and CEO of Medella Health, a Canadian start-up which plans to develop glucose-monitoring “smart” contact lenses to aid in diabetes management.
Read More Google Patents Biometric Contact Lens
Thursday, June 18 2015 | 00 h 00 min | Vision Science
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, Google has been awarded a patent on several designs and implementations of contact lenses capable of scanning the wearer’s iris and using it as a biometric “fingerprint”.
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