eyeglasses News Archive

11-Apr-2008

 

  • Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance)
    Tech focuses on facial expressions


  • Women need to protect their vision (News Democrat & Leader)
    More women than men are diagnosed with vision threatening eye disease every year. Potentially blinding diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy strike women in some cases twice as much as men.


  • Briefs: Man charged with murder (Daily Herald)
    An Aurora man has been charged with two counts of first degree murder for a crime that happened nearly ten years ago.


  • Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
    Robots may one day decipher human emotions though a new software called "face catch." Japanese firm Omron has developed a technology that quickly measures the curves of people's lips, their eye movements and 30 facial expressions. The software can assess expressions of 30 people in less than a second. Researchers said it could have multiple uses, such as helping psychiatrists assess patients' ...


  • Moms find success in new CLIMB Wyoming program (Casper Star-Tribune)
    The eyeglasses surrounding her -- the metal ones without rims, the brightly colored plastic ones in pink, green and blue, and the ones tinted various shades to dim the sun -- signify Joselyn Andersen's new outlook on life.


  • Camden Lions see globally with eyeglass campaign (Camden Herald)
    CAMDEN ? The Camden Lions Club had a first-hand look, recently, at how their organization?s eyeglasses recycling program benefits people in need in other countries, and it has been proposed that the Club help fund eye-care programs in a community in Columbia for one year.


  • Donate used eyeglasses (Home News Tribune)
    SOMERSET COUNTY ? IN CELEBRATION of Protect Your Vision Month, the Somerset County Office for the Disabled invites the public to donate used prescription eyeglasses to people home and abroad who do not have access to eye care.


  • Friday's Agenda, April 11 (Miami Herald)
    Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. Or e-mail your items to newscalendar@MiamiHerald.com. No faxes, please. To search for events throughout South Florida, click on Calendar on the left side of the screen at www.MiamiHerald.com.


  • For the environment (Honolulu Advertiser)
    NATIVE FOREST PLANTING ? The Maui Dryland Forest Restoration Group will do planting in the Auwahi native forest enclosure from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow. Meet at 'Ulupalakua Ranch Store. Hiking boots required; bring raingear, 2 liters of water, lunch, sunscreen, hat. Register at auwahi@yahoo.com or 573-8989.


  • Nanotech Displays Could Transform Your World (Discovery Channel)
    Moving-image newspapers and info-rich eyeglasses could soon be reality.


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