Nike and Bausch & Lomb's MaxSight performance-enhancing lenses
By Ryan Block 
posted May 4th 2005 12:03PM
posted May 4th 2005 12:03PM
Ok, performance enhancing drugs, bad; but once we start getting into the realm of installable body mods things get a
little sticky. We've got a feeling the jury's still out on MaxSight lenses though; codeveloped by Nike (who else?) and
Bausch & Lomb and just about ready to market, they're designed to help players better track the objects and
movement, increase contrast, and reduce glare (we're trying to avoid the obvious 28 Days Later/zombie jokes here). And
they're apparently already making their way into MLB by way of the Orioles' second baseman Brian Roberts. But you know,
it's all fun and games until somebody's down in the outfield on all fours screaming, "My contact, my contact!"
[Via Medgadget]
I read about this the other day when it was published on fox... neat stuff. I want a pair of those without perscription.
i didn't see 28 days, but to go ahead and post something with "zombies," these things make your eyes look like the guy's eyes in the new amityville horror, when he goes all crazy. (and damn i'm working some poor sentence construction today)
pretty cool, does this mean i will be able to pull that 720 flip flop around twist trick on my snowboad now???
Perfect for GOLF.
I wear prescription glasses and shades, and I wear my shades all day long when I play golf - and sometimes, when the weather is a little humid, it can be a bit of a pain - the glasses tend to get slippery and a little foggy sometimes.
I look forward to these to help me see better during my rounds......
great! this is definitely going to make it tons more easier to find my navel when i need to gaze at it!
seriously, if you think this enhances anything more than normal contacts/glasses, you're brain-dead
This is a good read. About how sport is changing starting with your eyes.
http://www.slate.com/id/2116858
who's brain dead? there's plenty of optics that could help, not the least of which being polarization filters and selective light frequency filters.
just because you don't understand doesn't mean there is no benefit.
Great! Make mine the ANSI Z87.1 model so that high contrast stick doesn't take my eye out while I'm biking.
Make sure not to forget and wear these bad boys to work. You'll find yourself in a doctor's office taking the whiz quiz before you can say "probable cause."
With a swoosh on the pupil, natch.
Wow, that reminds me of Terminator 3-D at Universal Studios.
Hmm, this would be great for Tennis...
These would be good for those drinking nights, maybe these counter act the effects fo beer goggles and you will not take an ugly girl home.
These would be good for those drinking nights, maybe these counter act the effects fo beer goggles and you will not take an ugly girl home.
or maybe, grimm, itd let you see me beating the shit out of you after you hit on my girl.
That is pretty damn cool.
Cullen, no need to front we all know you live in your mom's basement.
Yay for geek stereotypes. ;)
hey my eye doctor gave me a pair of the grey green lenses to try out. when i played football in them, i could see everything more vividly and i didn't have to squint when looking into the sun's direction. however, they do look really weird when you're wearing them and its something you have to get used to. the first time i wore them i got a headache, but after i got used to them, i was fine.
Does anyone know where you can buy these on the net? And if so how much!
Cheers