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3 unusual facts about Adjustable-focus eyeglasses


Adjustable-focus eyeglasses

Another type of opto-mechanical lens is the design of Joshua Silver, and uses liquid pressure against a diaphragm to control focus of a lens.

Current Bifocals and progressive lenses are static, in that the user has to change their eye position to look through the portion of the lens with the focal power corresponding to the distance of the object.

Electrowetting is a technology used to electrically adjust the path of light


Adjustable-rate mortgage

The actual pricing and rate analysis of adjustable rate mortgage in the finance industry is done through various computer simulation methodologies like Monte Carlo method or Sobol sequences.

Aprilia RSV 1000 R

The RSV 1000 R Factory comes with fully adjustable Öhlins Racing rear monoshock and adjustable Öhlins steering damper, blue anodized forged aluminium wheels, frame finished in black, and carbon fibre parts.

Aprilia Tuono

The Tuono 1000 R Factory comes with fully adjustable Öhlins Racing rear mono-shock and front forks, blue- or gold-anodized (depending on model year) forged aluminum wheels, a frame finished in gold, a paint job sporting the signature Aprilia Lion's head on the fuel tank and the extensive use of carbon fiber parts.

Bandini 1000 V

Rear: Independent, triangle and lower arms swinging shock hydraulic telescopic inclined agents on portamozzo, torsion bar, camber caster, and Toe adjustable

Browning Hi-Power

Inglis produced two versions of the Hi-Power, one with an adjustable rear sight and detachable shoulder stock (primarily for a Nationalist Chinese contract) and one with a fixed rear sight.

Carad

While the first tape recorder (the EMR32PA, 1950) used the USA-made SoundMirror BK-416 chassis from the Brush Development Company in Ohio, the R62 (1954/55) was completely their own design, offering at that time a consumer tape recorder with three ebm-papst motors, capstan spindles, three heads, 10" reels and an adjustable azimuth of the playback head.

Coiler

In 1994 it started to diversify and began its RF division where the company's portfolio included GSM and DCS gain adjustable repeaters, AMPS small repeaters and single-band car boosters.

Corradino D'Ascanio

However, during the Depression, in which the fascist government of Benito Mussolini concentrated on "standard" production items, the company collapsed in 1932, and D'Ascanio went to work for Enrico Piaggio at his fathers company, designing numerous successful high-speed adjustable pitch propellors for Piaggio Aero.

Ducati PaulSmart1000LE

For the suspension, an Öhlins 43 mm upside-down fully adjustable fork is used for the front while a fully adjustable monoshock also from Ohlins is mounted on the left side of the rear wheel.

Ducati SportClassic

It has multi adjustable Öhlins suspension front and rear, the fairing, steering damper, and a green frame to go with the silver and blue paint on the tank, lower clip-ons, fairing, and side covers.

Ducati ST3

2006-2007 ABS models: Öhlins monoshock adjustable for preload, compression and rebound damping.

Ducati ST4s

Rear: Öhlins monoshock adjustable for preload, compression and rebound damping.

Ducati V-twin motorcycles

The Multistrada 1000DS uses Ducati's signature trellis frame with fully adjustable 160 mm travel Showa forks up front, and a single-sided swingarm, with an Öhlins fully adjustable rear shock coupled with a rising rate, height-adjustable suspension system at the rear.

Ginsu

Ed Valenti and Barry Becher repeated the advertising formula with other products such as the Miracle Slicer, Royal Durasteel mixing bowls, Vacufresh storage containers, the “Chainge” Adjustable Necklace, and Armourcote Cookware.

Height adjustable suspension

Assistive technology for persons with disabilities includes vehicles modified with height adjustable suspension, for example to allow wheelchair entry to the vehicle.

Hospital bed

The modern 3-segment adjustable hospital bed was invented by Willis Dew Gatch, chair of the Department of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine, in the early 20th century.

Hub van Doorne

Their Van Doorne transmission, using a belt drive between two adjustable coned pulleys, was widely used as the Variomatic in small Daf cars.

J. G. Anschütz

1813 Small bore match Rifle - parallel forestock, thumb hole grip, adjustable cheek rest, extendable butt plate with hook and accessory for 3P shooting

Mortgage servicer

Over 18,000 British homeowners holding adjustable rate mortgages with Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank found in July 2010 that their monthly variable interest rates had been miscalculated by a software error.

Pipe wrench

On 17 August 1888 the Swedish inventor Johan Petter Johansson took his first patent on the adjustable pipe wrench.

Puteaux APX Machine Gun

With an adjustable firing rate of thirty to six hundred rounds per minute, it fired the 8mm Lebel round, the same used in the Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun (Mle 1900).

Shopping cart

In 2004 the British supermarket chain Tesco trialled shopping carts with built in resistance (adjustable from 1 to 10), pulse monitoring and calorie counting hardware in an effort to raise awareness of health issues.

Sidetone

First introduced in the StarTAC handset, almost all cellular handsets manufactured by Motorola have sidetone, though its level of feedback adjustable by the user.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System accessories

Many of these devices were modeled after earlier add-ons for the NES: the Super Scope is a light gun functionally similar to the NES Zapper (though the Super Scope features wireless capabilities) and the Super Advantage is an arcade-style joystick with adjustable turbo settings akin to the NES Advantage.

SureFire

Some models use incandescent bulbs, while others use LEDs with electronically controlled power regulation and adjustable brightness.

Towed array sonar

Surface ships most often have the sonar array mounted on a cable which pulls a depth adjustable tow vehicle (an minimal function type of remote operated vehicle (ROV) - see Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System) behind the mother ship, or on another weighted cable which trails from the ROV connector, dropping the towed array lower.

Varmint hunting

Bushmaster AR-15 based Varminter model; includes extended heavy barrel, adjustable trigger, and no iron sights (being designed for dedicated use with telescopic sights).

Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup

The cars feature VW's DSG twin shaft, dual clutch automatic transmission and have height adjustable Sachs race suspension.


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