eyeglasses News Archive

06-Jun-2009

 

  • Lions Club collects used eyeglasses (The Longview News-Journal)
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  • Interactive data eyeglasses could bring the PC to your face, won't fix nearsightedness (Engadget)
    Leave it the mad scientists at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft to concoct this one. Rather than just figuring out a way to read back information in one-way fashion on one's glasses (think Sixth Sense , but with eyewear), these folks are diving right in to the real stuff: bidirectional communication. In essence, their goal for the interactive data eyeglasses is to track eye movement in order to allow ...


  • Safilo Expects Buyout Offers; WSJ Says Bain, PAI Bid (Update1) (Bloomberg)
    June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Safilo SpA, the world?s second- biggest maker of eyeglasses, said it expects to receive investment offers from buyout firms, and Dow Jones reported Bain Capital LLC and PAI Partners have made bids.


  • Bishop optical offering eyeglasses to 4,000 Navajo (Indian Country Today)
    FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) ? Thousands of Navajo citizens are expected to receive free eye exams and eyeglasses by September under a $300,000 contract signed between the Navajo Tribal Council and Bishop Optical.


  • More eyeglasses could help global economy-WHO (AlertNet)
    Source: Reuters * Untreated eye conditions affects 153 million worldwide * WHO study shows productivity loss from lack of eyeglasses GENEVA, June 2 (Reuters) - Giving away free glasses is a cheap way of ...


  • Increase global productivity by giving eyeglasses to all in need (Thaipr.net)
    Huge economic gains could be made if eyeglasses were provided to approximately 150 million people in need, according to research published today in the international public health journal, the Bulleti


  • Safilo Gains in Milan on Speculation of Sale of Majority Stake (Bloomberg)
    June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Safilo Group SpA , the world?s second- biggest maker of eyeglasses, advanced the most in almost three months in Milan on speculation about the sale of a majority stake in the company.


  • Want to help the ailing economy? Give away eyeglasses (Daily Telegraph)
    Distributing free eyeglasses would be one of the cheapest ways to boost the global economy which loses billions of dollars each year due to visual impairments the World Health Organisation WHO said on Tuesday.


  • BG Lions Club helps recycle 1,000 pair of used eyeglasses (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
    Bowling Green Evening Lions delivered last month more than 1,000 pair of used eyeglasses for recycling to VOSH (Volunteers Optometric...


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