Medical Innovation @ CES 2011: PixelOptics emPower! Electronic Eyeglasses

Hey, bifocal users! Do your glasses give you headaches? Are you straining your eyes trying to see the paper through that tiny reading segment? Are progressive bifocals sooooo 2010? There’s good news for you!
This week at CES, Viriginia-based PixelOptics is showing off the emPower! Electronic Eyeglasses. These unique spectacles contain a LCD-like layer sandwiched between two layers of glass. When excited by an electric current, the liquid crystals change structure, adjusting the focus. The frames themselves have a built-in accelerometer to detect movement-useful, for example, if you tilt your head down to read. Or you can simply give the frames a quick swipe of your finger. A full charge lasts for a couple days, and the best part is that PixelOptics has minimized the circuitry so you don’t look like the stereotypical nerd wearing coke-bottle glasses. Early adopters can reserve their pair for $1200.
To see this amazing eye wear in action, be sure to click on over to Engadget to see a cool video demo…
Product page: emPower! Electronic Eyeglasses…
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