Yearly Archives: 2017

• If you can’t find your contact lens in your eye, please don’t just apply another.

  Posted on July 16, 2017 by Scott in News.

  It seems to be a hot story flying around and we’d be remiss not to mention it. From the British Medical Journal: “Ophthalmologist finds 27 contact lenses in patients eye The complete tale from Optometry Today: UK SURGEON FINDS 27 MISSING CONTACT LENSES IN WOMAN’S EYE And from NPR:  Doctors Report Removing 27 Contact Lenses […]

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  Smart Glasses that automatically adjust your vision

  Posted on February 23, 2017 by Scott in News.

  These self-adjusting glasses use a liquid lens and a phone app to change according to whatever your vision needs.  The frames are something that only an engineer would love at this point, and they may be a decade away from commercial viability, but how cool would this be?   Go to the Optometrist and get your […]

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• Why Magenta Doesn’t Exist. (Except in our brains.)

  Posted on February 23, 2017 by Scott in News.

  This is a fascinating look at why the color Magenta/Purple is a color that is completely created in our brains to explain the overlap of Red and Blue- something that does not happen in the physical property of light.  It is a short video but it is a great description of how we percieve color […]

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• Weather Related Changes

  Posted on January 17, 2017 by Scott in News.

  Here we go again. While we are all still recovering from the snowpocalypse of last week, freezing rain is on the way for today, supposedly starting sometime this afternoon and continuing though the evening commute. http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=ORZ006&warncounty=ORC051&firewxzone=ORZ604&local_place1=Portland%20OR&product1=Ice+Storm+Warning&lat=45.5236&lon=-122.675 Last week was the first day in over five years where we were forced to close due to the […]

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