New Contacts and Glasses Give You 2.8x Zoom with a Wink of the Eye

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

This was in one of my favorite photography online news places so thought I would share it here.

Tired of having eyeballs with fixed focal lengths? Scientists have developed new telescopic contact lenses and glasses that can give your eyes 2.8x zoom with a simple wink of the eye.

The prototypes, developed by researchers at EPFL in Switzerland, are designed to provide enhanced vision for the estimated 285 million visually impaired people worldwide.

Each of the contact lenses gives a 2.8x zoom boost using a “thin reflective telescope” embedded into the 1.55mm thick lens. Small mirrors bounce light around, magnifying the view for the wearer.

In addition to the fixed focal length contact lenses, the scientists have also created a pair of glasses that, when worn with the contacts, allow for variable focal length vision.

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[Elvira]

I need those glasses!

 

[Evil Eye]

Sounds cool, but I think I'll refrain.