Shirley and I are both google FREE stuff users, we use Google Analytics, Calendar, Trends, Docs, email, Feedburner, Adsense, Google Alerts, Images, Buzz, Flickr for images, I use the Google phone and chat But we could be using google tools more and better. Hub Pages is having another FREE Webinair on Google Tools. I have signed up and think … [Read more...]
iCoat Company is known in the optical industry as a leading provider of high-end 3D optics. We asked Arman Bernardi, PhD, President/CEO of iCoat, who together with his R&D team developed iCoat's Sfirex 3D technology, to talk to us about the role of the optical industry in the 3D arena. We wanted a 3D eyewear and technology update and to know … [Read more...]
Cathy and I were speakers and attendees at the recent California Optical Labs Association (COLA) meeting and one of the topics was Free Form lenses where there was a panel discussion which was very interesting. Most of the discussion was geared towards labs involvement but a lot of it was very relevant to retail as well so we thought we would share … [Read more...]
Have you looked carefully at your cell phone bill recently? I just did...and WOW! As an early adopter of a number of technologies, especially with teens in our house, we all have become quite adept at text messages. It didn't take long once hit with hundreds of dollars in 5¢ text charges to move myself and my teens to unlimited text messages years … [Read more...]
The subject of links on a website comes up regularly. What is the value of links and when should you use them? As the internet has grown and matured, search engines have constantly strived to provide the most accurate results. So how should anyone judge what is a good site and what isn't? The prettiest site isn't always the best site. The biggest … [Read more...]
Neuroscientist Paul Bach-y-Rita hypothesized in the 1960s that "we see with our brains not our eyes." Now, a new device trades on that thinking and aims to partially restore the experience of vision for the blind and visually impaired by relying on the nerves on the tongue's surface to send light signals to the brain. Legal blindness is defined … [Read more...]
I am on my way back from Vision Expo East 2011 and not too impressed with American Airlines in-flight entertainment delivery - the teeniest TV's (maybe a 19" screen) that pop out of the ceiling. Even though I am wearing the best and greatest lenses ever, I still can not see this awful TV screen properly! I am checking out the people around me … [Read more...]
I read all the polls by the trade press on online retailing, that coupled with comments on OptiBoard, I hear the frustration from optical staff, I listen to owners thinking that online sellers are not effecting them and most importantly the general attitude of 'I don't know what to do about it.' . I am here to tell you there are solutions on … [Read more...]
Consumer Trends- The App Culture will become stronger: Cell phone use in the U.S. has increased dramatically over the past decade. Fully eight in ten adults today (82%) are cell phone users, and about one-quarter of adults (23%) now live in a household that has a cell phone but no landline phone. Along with the widespread embrace of mobile … [Read more...]
A video by Cisco to demonstrate its architectural vision for "Borderless Networks". Company networks are undergoing so-called “de-perimeterization,” as online collaboration with partners, customers, telecommuters, and others outside the physical LAN becomes more and more important to doing business. At the same time, these users are able to … [Read more...]
I just put my name in for the eyecam (http://eyecam.us) or otherwise known as the Electronic Contact Lens for beta testing. This is the contact lens that allows the wearer to: Zooming in on distant objects Video recording Get useful facts to pop up in your field of view Create virtual cross-hairs Holographic driving control … [Read more...]
I am having difficulty creating this post today as I know don't have the writing talent to communicate the energy and information that Jon Landau brought to us in his keynote talk on 3D: Past, Present, Future on Friday 1/28/11. Jon Landau is the Oscar winning producer of Titanic and Avatar just to mention two of his films! I will do my best … [Read more...]
An introduction to video glasses. Jennie answers the most commonly asked questions - how does it work, what do you see when you wear them, what applications video glasses can be used for, how much does it cost and where to buy a pair. … [Read more...]
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