PixelOptics: The New Frontier in Vision Enhancement
Sam Jaffe of Wired News reports on the significant innovation by Ron Blum [inventor businessman and ophthalmologist] and his company, PixelOptics , in seeking to provide eye-wear products to correct Presbyopia (inability of the eye to focus sharply on nearby objects, resulting from loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens with advancing age). 'At the heart of PixelOptics' technology are tiny, electronically-controlled pixels embedded within a traditional eyeglass lens. Technicians scan the eyeball with an aberrometer -- a device that measures aberrations that can impede vision -- and then the pixels are programmed to correct the irregularities.'