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Technology

.Lumen wins CES 2026 accessibility award for AI-powered glasses for the blind

European deep tech start-up .lumen has won the CTA Foundation Pitch Competition for Accessibility at CES 2026, receiving a £7,420 ($10,000,€8,550) award for its breakthrough Pedestrian Autonomous Driving AI technology.

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Technology

This eyewear innovation can prevent near-sightedness

Innovation firm Betterlab has unveiled an eyewear innovation that aims to solve myopia, or near-sightedness, through the use of artificial light.

Kartell Eyewear, Italy
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Fashion

Kartell extends its design philosophy to eyewear

The furniture company is expanding the reach of its design credentials by moving into the eyewear market.

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Fashion

Eyewear Market

After the shock of Covid-19, the eyewear market has its sights on enhancing physical retail, more inclusive optical designs and wellbeing-led eyecare.

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Fashion

Reframd designs eyewear for Black communities

Reframd is an eyewear start-up that uses technology to create frames that better fit a diverse range of facial profiles.

Vision correcting display by MIT Media Lab
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Technology

New on-screen technology compensates for vision defects

Researchers have developed digital display technology that corrects for vision defects by manipulating pixels on-screen.

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Retail

Spectacular space: Online glasses shop pops up in Amsterdam

Amsterdam – Opened last year, Ace & Tate is Europe's answer to Warby Parker. Like the American start-up that changed the model of spectacles shopping, Ace & Tate provides low-cost glasses and a free at-home try-on system.

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Fashion

Perfect Vision

It used to be that a trip to the opticians was up there with the dentist and doctor but increasingly brands are redesigning the often costly experience associated with purchasing new glasses by putting e-commerce at the centre of their service whilst simultaneously creating stores with a high end boutique feel, affordable prices and design led…

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Fashion

Hide tech: Phy-gital store takes a subtle approach

Hide tech: Phy-gital store takes a subtle approach