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As you age, you gradually lose the ability to refocus your eyes — a phenomenon as old as humanity itself — leading to a reliance on bifocals, contacts and procedures like LASIK surgery. Electrical engineer Nitish Padmanaban offers a glimpse of cutting-edge tech that's truly a sight for sore eyes: dynamic, autofocusing lenses that track your sight and adjust to what you see, both near and far.
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Good talk. It is amazing to think about the future we are headed for. Life is going to be so different in 10 years. The world my kids are going to grow up in will be nothing like the one I grew in.
Right
Kids are already growing up in a different world that we did.
I mean they’re 9 and on TikTok
This is the fastest I’ve ever clicked on a ted vid this month
From earth’s prediction..there would be flying cars in the future. Instead of driving on the road
Its true.
Same here
Metoo
This sales pitch just sold me skmethung to buy in 25 years. I hope it’s a manageable deadline
I think a few big companies are going to be interested in this stuff so with the right funding ist could come out a lot faster
$PRICE I only see dollar digns $$$$ The lenses already cost too much for me.
I felt like this was a sales pitch for a startup.
Ala shark tank?
Isn’t that what almost all TED talks are?
Regardless of if they’ll be selling something at some point, they’re not wrong that this is a problem that will effect literally everyone. But I’m more worried about the portions of the worlds population that don’t have access to regular glasses, let alone autofocusing ones.
@Kogarasumaru Someone already invented instant prescription glasses that cost about a buck each. They are fluid filled. They come with syringes full of fluid already attached. You inject the fluid until you can see clearly and then tighten a screw to lock it down and then take off the syringes. They are not Ray-Bans but they are way way better than nothing for millions of people.
In a moment google will buy them out, make their own version, and collect data on everything you look at.
I literally got my eye exam today.lol.
Coincidence ? I think not!
Finally. Something real!
Augmented Reality Glasses?? Apple needs to collab with this guy!
are you serious? apple? the money hungry, noncare company who dont care about the customers? are you wanna buy new glasses every half year for the same price? If something is broken they dont even exchange it…just lets you buy a new one
They are simply going to buy his company
Nah apples already going down hill. Google or Samsung need to get this guy on their team.
@Quantum Droid could be worse. I could have google AR goggles selling my data around… wait that sounds familiar
It’s not so hard to predict that, these are going to come as smart glasses, with many other features. So all the battery, electronics, cameras and software are already going to be there, and auto focus is just going to be in the “Accesibility” features in the settings.
Smart glasses are going to be dope, but they could literally ruin our lifes as well. Like imagine ads projected right into your retina at any point. They will say, you can turn it off if you want, but you didn’t pay $799 for somthing you don’t want to use.
1:03 me trying to focus my own hand
I got out a ruler and put one end on my eye, holding a finger on the top to see until what distance i could focus. I’m at 12, age 29
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
This video was uploaded a while ago, I remember watching it.
I was really hoping this one would be an update, not reupload
@Ilya Shmakov yeah it’s a great idea
How exciting! Bravo to the inventors, researchers, and developers of this hopeful, new technology!
I imagine a future where we all wear helmets, bose tech in the ears, auto focus lens and H.U.D.
I imagine a future where everyone is a good person, they help each other, the trees and the animals too.
Bose already abandoned the idea
Just when we start to wonder that we are reaching a saturation on the level of innovation, ideas like these brings a huge spectrum of hope. This is not just going to push the boundaries in the field of creativity and generation of idea but also in the fields of structural design, manufacturing, algorithms and what not!! We really need people with such drive !!
The smartphone arrived just as my eyes said “we ain’t doing this any more”
Meanwhile my parents:- “Do yogay.”
Finally the T comes back into TED again.
They didn’t include that the glasses are connected to the internet, selling all your private footage to Google