eyeglasses News Archive

12-Jan-2009

 

  • Many groups collect old eyeglasses to give to the needy (Hutchinson News)
    Dear Heloise: I have been cleaning and found 11 pairs of old eyeglasses, and I understand you have a ...


  • Their best bets (Boston Globe)
    LAS VEGAS - Last week's Consumer Electronics Show was more pleasant than the 2008 edition, if you like plenty of elbow room. Though a final headcount is weeks away, executives of Massachusetts companies that participated said attendance was down substantially.


  • Omigosh, I forgot to cancel my gym program! (Daily Press)
    I read in the paper that the nation's gyms and health clubs are fretting over lost customers. Lots of folks, it seems, are forgoing the pleasure of sweating, straining, gasping and groaning in pain in weight rooms and on treadmills, because they no longer can spare the money.


  • TCA '09: Ferrell Promotes HBO Project Pair (MultiChannel News)
    Complete MCN TCA Coverage Los Angeles ? Box office favorite Will Ferrell, wearing ?2009? New Year?s Eve eyeglasses and a hat with ear flaps, addressed TV critics via satellite from New York Friday to tout two HBO projects that he is involved in.


  • Great Glasses targeted (Hamilton Spectator)
    Ontario's College of Opticians is going to court this week in an attempt to begin shutting down Great Glasses franchises that may be operating in violation of provincial health regulations.


  • Sony Has Tom Hanks, Usher Debut New Gadgets (Fox News)
    Bendable video screen, Wi-Fi camera, movie-showing eyeglasses among tech giant's top offerings at CES.


  • Eye-opening invention for world's poor (Seattle Times)
    Joshua Silver said he wants to provide eyeglasses to more than a billion people with poor eyesight. For starters, he hopes to distribute 1 million pairs in India during the next year or so.


  • Self-adjusting eyeglasses invented for the poor (Everett Herald)
    OXFORD, England -- Joshua Silver remembers the first day he helped a man see. Henry Adjei-Mensah, a tailor in Ghana, could no longer see well enough to thread the needle of his sewing machine. He was too poor to afford glasses or an optometrist.


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