I know something about you: You wear glasses, or know at least one person who does. Impressed? Probably not, considering over 40 percent of Americans are nearsighted (blurred vision over long distances), according to this 2009 study.
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From Smithsonian Magazine One afternoon in 2005, Don McPherson was playing ultimate Frisbee in Santa Cruz. Don was wearing a pair of sunglasses, when his friend, Michael Angell, admiring his eye wear, asked to borrow them. Don was shocked at what he could see through the glasses. McPherson recalls Angell saying, with surprise, “I can […]
Read More Too Much Tech Could Be Causing Nearsightedness…But Not in the Way You Might Think
From Smithsonian Magazine Myopia, the blurry vision we know as nearsightedness. It is reaching epidemic proportions—it could overtake a third of the world’s population by decade’s end. Are computers and mobile devices that strain the world’s eyes the reason for the rise in Myopia? It turns out that tech can cause nearsightedness…but not in the way […]
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