UK Firm Adlens Bows Glasses To Cure Eye Fatigue From Prolonged Monitor Viewing
U.K.-based optical company Adlens is launching an analog mechanical solution to two problems of the digital age -- eye fatigue from prolonged monitor viewing and discomfort from the high levels of blue light that LED-backlit panels emit. Adlens Interface reading…
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glasses have lenses that are made as a sandwich, with the two halves having different optical characteristics, the company said. Controlled by small screw dials tucked into the edges of the lens frame, the lens halves are free to slide smoothly over each other, Adlens said. Sliding the lenses alters the overall power continuously from 0 to +2.75 diopters, it said. So the wearer can adjust the spectacles to suit viewing distance and time-of-day eye condition, it said. The lenses also have a marked yellowish golden tint that filters out much of the blue light coming from a display, it said. The glasses will soon be available for sale at about $50 a pair, it said.