1. The lenses are made of special glass which filters out harmful UV rays. 2. A spokesman for Hoya said the company developed the technology for making the lenses on its own and was manufacturing under its own patent. 3. But eye doctors are encouraging consumers to take a closer look at materials used to make lenses for prescription glasses, nonprescription sunglasses and safety goggles. 4. But unlike the squid eye, which makes its lens from the outer layers of skin tissue, the photophore makes its lens from muscle tissue. 5. Chiron Corp. based in Emeryville, California, also makes implantable lenses. 6. Currently, sunglass lenses are made in some plants, frames in others and the products are assembled at other locations. 7. Currently, sunglasses frames are made at three plants, while lenses are made at another. 8. Fluidigm can make this lens about the size of a pencil point and build it right onto a chip, directly above the reaction chamber. 9. Gore asked the workers, who make lenses. 10. In the past, an optician would need a pattern of the frame before making a lens to fit it. |