Contact Lens New and Information
As we’ve come to expect, this year’s CONTACT Photography Festival features an astounding array of artists, group shows, and installations. Over 1,000 artists are displaying their work at 200 venues throughout the month of May, with some exhibitions sticking around for the rest of the summer. Oh, and did we mention it’s the largest photography festival in the world? Use this guide to figure out which shows are up your alley.
Click here for the CONTACT show flow-chart.
With files from Sara Angel.
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TORONTO–(Marketwire -04/24/12)- A quarter of a century after revolutionizing the contact lens industry with the introduction of the first disposable soft contact lens, Johnson Johnson Vision Care Inc. announced the Canadian launch of 1-DAY ACUVUE® MOIST® Brand Contact Lenses for ASTIGMATISM, a new daily disposable soft toric contact lens for individuals with astigmatism.
“Research confirms that nearly half of all patients requiring vision correction have clinically significant levels of astigmatism in at least one eye(1),” says Vishakha Thakrar, OD, FAAO, Professional Affairs, Johnson Johnson Vision Care Inc. “Additional studies show that toric soft contact lenses such
Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/acuvue-celebrates-25th-anniversary-first-120000267.html
Malaysia’s beauty contact lens market is fast catching up with developed countries in the region such as Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea, which are all exhibiting similar upward trending in the sales of these beauty accessories. GfK retail tracking reported Malaysians spending a total of nearly USD 55 million on contact lenses in 2011, of which 28 percent was contributed by the beauty segment.
Overall, Malaysia’s contact lens industry revenue expanded by 4 percent in 2011 over 2010, with the latest fourth quarter takings of USD 14.9 million emerging the strongest in the last eight quarters – 5 percent more than
Source: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120423/Cosmetic-contact-lens-on-the-rise-among-Malaysians.aspx
News of a contact lens that would offer troops on the ground a birds-eye view of the battlefield came out in January when DARPA announced a plan to acquire them for U.S. forces.
Working with Washington company Innovega, it looks like DARPA found what they wanted, and the Pentagon placed an order for lenses that will offer troops 3D information projected onto their eye, that work in conjunction with a pair of lightweight glasses.
The glasses have a translucent screen and will offer the equivalent of viewing a