News:Scientists accidentally invent color blindness curing glasses

Lots of creators accidentally stumble upon their greatest inventions, from potato chips to stainless steel. Now, while trying to develop a pair of protective surgery eyewear, a Berkeley laboratory has inadvertently created a solution for color blindness.Check out this video testimonial for the EnChroma CX functional eyewear for color blindness correction.There are multiple kinds of color blindness which leave victims with various ranges of colors they can perceive. For example, Marc Drucker has a genetic defect that pushes his red and green eye cones too close together muddying his vision of those spectrums. For him, traffic lights are especially challenging. However, while wearing the EnChroma CX sunglasses, Drucker can suddenly see the bright orange of a traffic cone or the individuals green leaves of a tree.

“The glasses work by selectively removing certain wavelengths between the red and green cones that allow them to be in essence pushed apart again,” said Don McPherson, EnChroma’s VP of products in an interview with CBS. McPherson only learned about this potential use after a colorblind friend tried the glasses on and discovered the restorative effect.


With this news, naturally EnChroma plans to keep manufacturing the sunglasses along with regular glasses with similar properties. So if you or anybody you know suffers from color blindness, head over to EnChroma’s website to purchase a pair. Maybe once enough of them get out there we can finally put this stupid blue/black/white/gold dress color Internet debate to rest. Enough is enough!. By Jordan Minor Feb. 28, 2015