As well as its promisingly sci-fi-sounding name, the Joint Optical Reflective Display is actually designed to help people with vision problems. It’s a head-worn magnifier with autofocus that can provide up to 30x zoom, and is designed to help people with vision loss caused by macular degeneration, glaucoma or other conditions. Plus, its docking station lets you use it as a desktop 50x zoom, illuminated magnifier with digital output—so, it’s not quite up there with Geordi LaForge’s visor, but it’s pretty powerful. No info on pricing, but demonstration models are available from manufacturer Enhanced Vision. [Gizmag via UberGizmo]
The EyeClops is a handheld microscope that looks like a grotesque eyeball, but can help you see that strange world that’s teeming with life right there in front of you, right under your nose. It magnifies everything 200x , but its design is about 800x as goofy as a typical microscope.
You just plug the $50 EyeClops into a composite video input on any TV, point its bleary eye at your object of interest, and suddenly everything is in living color, up in your face in a super close-up on the TV screen. More »
Do you need to see things up close? Do you need to do so in the dark? Do you also have no shame? Well, my friend, you’re exactly who this Light and Magnifying Hat was designed for. You’ll be able to paint your Star Wars replica models when the power goes out while maintaining your complete lack of fashion sense, all for a mere $20. –Adam Frucci
Do you have trouble seeing the buttons on your 1987 VCR remote control? Well, you could always buy glasses, but why buy one item to make it easier to see everything when you can buy many items to make it easier to see specific things? That’s the idea behind the “Remote See”, which claims to fit on all remotes but clearly only fits on a few of them. Even at $12 you’ve gotta feel like you’re throwing your money away with this one. –Adam Frucci
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HELLO OLD PEOPLE. THIS WATCH HAS A MAGNIFYING GLASS BUILT IN SO YOU CAN SEE. HAVE YOUR CHILDREN BUY YOU ONE AND YOU WILL NEVER TIP 35% BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THE THREE WAS AN EIGHT. – Jason Chen
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