Research
Low Cost Eyeglasses would like to create an open dialogue with others who are interested in a deeper understanding of the problem of lack of glasses and possible solutions available. To that end, we will be posting research we have conducted (see White Papers and Data), and have a list of links to other organizations whose activities are of interest.
Surprisingly, the development and health communinities have largely ignored refraction as an area for research and programs, focusing instead on disease-based vision problems. This is true despite the overwhelming importance of uncorrected refraction errors. As a result, there is little information available to the person concerned with refraction. We hope that this site helps.
We are also collaborating with the MIT Media Lab's ThinkCycle (www.thinkcycle.com) initiative, where design problems related to the developing world are posted for students and engineers to contribute to. The site includes a number of interesting areas, including relevant patents related to eyeglasses, important articles, and design challenges.
Infocus www.infocusonline.org Adaptive Eyecare www.adaptive-eyecare.com Lions Club www.lionsclubs.org Cooperative Research Centre for Eye Research and Technology www.crcert.org World Health Organiation, Vision 2020 www.who.int Helen Keller International www.hki.org Conference on Presbyopia www.presbyopia.org Essilor Initiative www.essilor.com.sg Gift of Sight www.giftofsight.com One World Sight Project www.owsp.org VOSH International www.vosh.org Village Reader www.scojo.com
