Name: Autofocusing reading glasses of the future
Uploaded: 2020-05-28T15:00:34Z
Duration: 6 min 41 s
Description: As you age, you gradually lose the ability to refocus your eyes -- a phenomenon as old as humanity itself -- leading to a reliance on bifocals, contacts and procedures like LASIK surgery. Electrical engineer Nitish Padmanaban offers a glimpse of cutting-edge tech that's truly a sight for sore eyes: dynamic, autofocusing lenses that track your sight and adjust to what you see, both near and far.

As you age, you gradually lose the ability to refocus your eyes -- a phenomenon as old as humanity itself -- leading to a reliance on bifocals, contacts and procedures like LASIK surgery. Electrical engineer Nitish Padmanaban offers a glimpse of cutting-edge tech that's truly a sight for sore eyes: dynamic, autofocusing lenses that track your sight and adjust to what you see, both near and far.

Nitish Padmanaban: Autofocusing reading glasses of the future

Autofocusing reading glasses of the future

By age 60, clarity within a meter's radius fades, heralding presbyopia's grip on vision, a fate awaiting billions globally.

Innovative autofocusing lenses, integrating VR tech, promise a seamless transition between near and far sight, redefining vision correction.

Autofocals outshine traditional eyewear with quicker, clearer focus, setting a bold vision for future presbyopia correction.