For All Digital-Age People Suffering From Dry Eyes, This Is A Solution
Game geeks and Internet geeks usually gaze at computer screen without blinking their eyes, that may cause the high number of patients who are suffering from dry eyes. For many of them, eye drops no longer act on that.
Fukui-based Masunaga Optical Manufacturing, which is now well-known because former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin wears the optician’s glasses, developed a new product to prevent dry eyes, which is called “Wink Glasses”.
A built-in sensor on the glasses detects your eyelid motion, and if you don’t blink your eyes in five seconds after the previous one, your sight will be shut off to encourage you to give an intentional blink. (It uses switchable light control glass technology.) When you give a blink again, your sight will be back on. Two button batteries power it for up to eight hours, and USB power supply makes you possible to use it without worrying about possible battery dying. A set of sensor module and glass flame costs approximately USD400.
Author Information Masaru IKEDA has co-founded several system integration companies and consulting firms in Tokyo. He has been contributing serial columns to nationwide newspapers and IT periodicals, also he's currently serving as tech consultant for several web companies. See this for more bio.
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you do. Masunaga says the glasses will work for about eight hours using two button batteries. But you can also go the ultra-nerdy way and plug the glasses into a USB port. Japanese geeks can buy the Wink Glasses starting August 10 (price: $400). ViaAsiajin
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