<p>Researchers have developed new self-adjustable spectacles that can be focused by the wearer himself by simply turning a dial on the frame.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Called ‘Eyejusters’ and developed by a British company, the self adjustable glasses allow wearers to simply twist the dial until they can see clearly.<br /><br />The specs makes use of a technology called Slidelens, and works by sliding one lens over the other when the wearer turns the dial. This changes the lens prescription to give clear vision.<br /><br />Eyejusters is an Oxford-based start-up that was co-founded by two physics students and two engineers.<br /><br />The technology has been refined from an idea originally developed in the 1920s, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />“We’re happy to agree that optometrists provide a better standard of care. They check for eye disease and all sorts of things that we can’t do,” Owen Reading, co-founder of Eyejusters and head of business development, said.<br /><br />“However, our glasses are particularly useful for parts of the developing world where there are very few optometrists so people are unable to get a pair of glasses prescribed,” he said.<br /><br />The company has sold the glasses to NGOs and charities in Sudan, Uganda, Cameroon, Morocco, and India.<br /><br />It is also selling their product as reading glasses that can be sold over the counter. They’re on sale in the US for 40 dollars.</p>.<p>“A lot of people have different pairs of reading glasses for different tasks but these are just one pair of glasses that do it all,” said Reading.<br /><br />An estimated 670 million people lack the eyewear they need, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) figures, the paper said.<br /><br />The company is hoping to get the glasses, which are assembled in Southampton, to an increasing number of people in the developing world through a campaign called ‘Give and Get’.<br /></p>
<p>Researchers have developed new self-adjustable spectacles that can be focused by the wearer himself by simply turning a dial on the frame.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Called ‘Eyejusters’ and developed by a British company, the self adjustable glasses allow wearers to simply twist the dial until they can see clearly.<br /><br />The specs makes use of a technology called Slidelens, and works by sliding one lens over the other when the wearer turns the dial. This changes the lens prescription to give clear vision.<br /><br />Eyejusters is an Oxford-based start-up that was co-founded by two physics students and two engineers.<br /><br />The technology has been refined from an idea originally developed in the 1920s, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />“We’re happy to agree that optometrists provide a better standard of care. They check for eye disease and all sorts of things that we can’t do,” Owen Reading, co-founder of Eyejusters and head of business development, said.<br /><br />“However, our glasses are particularly useful for parts of the developing world where there are very few optometrists so people are unable to get a pair of glasses prescribed,” he said.<br /><br />The company has sold the glasses to NGOs and charities in Sudan, Uganda, Cameroon, Morocco, and India.<br /><br />It is also selling their product as reading glasses that can be sold over the counter. They’re on sale in the US for 40 dollars.</p>.<p>“A lot of people have different pairs of reading glasses for different tasks but these are just one pair of glasses that do it all,” said Reading.<br /><br />An estimated 670 million people lack the eyewear they need, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) figures, the paper said.<br /><br />The company is hoping to get the glasses, which are assembled in Southampton, to an increasing number of people in the developing world through a campaign called ‘Give and Get’.<br /></p>
